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bentgrass

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bent grass also bent·grass (bntgrs)
n.
Any of various usually weedy grasses of the genus Agrostis native to chiefly temperate regions. Some are grown for pasture, turf, or putting greens on golf courses.


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There are also several demonstrations, including fertilizer trials, a shade study of 12 zoysia grass varieties, Primo on bentgrass greens, zoysia patch control and preventative fungicide programs, as well as a turf area that has been seeded with crabgrass, signal grass and nutsedge to study control herbicides," Langner explains.
In other words, if Roundup-resistant creeping bentgrass or tall fescue got into other types of lawns, or into fields of Roundup-resistant crops, the problem of chemical weed control would have come full circle, and another herbicide would have to be found to control the bio-engineered grasses.
Scotts and Monsanto have developed a GMO bentgrass for use on golf courses that is Roundup Ready.
 
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