Sod Solutions, a sod company founded in 1994, develops, conducts research on, and markets patented and trademarked grasses.
The company markets various sod brands like Celebration,[1] and Discovery.
Testing will evaluate varieties for their resistance to disease, response to drought and shade, their ability to retain color in cooler weather, and their resistance to pests such as billbug, armyworm and sod webworm.
The program expects to have new grasses ready by 2017.
Sod Solutions is coordinating this partnership and will license and market those new grasses.