Bermudagrass named `TifEagle`

Abstract

`TifEagle` is a dense fine-textured triploid (2n=3x=27 chromosomes) bermudagrass which has use on golf greens and other areas requiring mowing heights at 6 mm or less. The grass produces more shoots per unit area that are shorter with narrower and shorter leaves than `Tifdwarf`, the previous cultivar of choice for high quality putting greens mowed at 6 mm or less on golf courses where burmudagrass is preferred. `TifEagle` consistently produced better quality turf and color than `Tifdwarf` at mowing heights less than 6 mm. It shows more resistance than `Tifdwarf` to the tawny mole cricket after one year of establishment.

What is claimed: 
     
       1. A new and distinct cultivar of bermudagrass plant, substantially as herein shown and described, distinguished by shorter shoot and leaf length, narrower leaves, more shoots per unit area, production of high quality turf when mowed at less than 6 mm height, improved tawny mole cricket resistance after the year of establishment and a distinct DNA pattern(s) measured by the fluorescent-labeled AFLP method.