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Texas A&M AgriLife Research’s Cobalt St. Augustine ready for production

Hybrid turfgrass meets drought resistance, shade tolerance, dark-green color demands

The latest turfgrass developed by Texas A&M AgriLife Research will be the most drought-resistant St. Augustine variety on the market, researchers said.

Field of Cobalt St. Augustinegrass
Cobalt St. Augustinegrass grows at Kubicek Farms of Wharton. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo)

“It creates a healthy lawn with less frequent irrigation, saving increasingly important water resources,” said Ambika Chandra, Ph.D., AgriLife Research professor of turfgrass breeding and genetics, Dallas, in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences.

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