Variety Information

TIFTON 85 Varieties

TIFTON 85 was released by the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station in 1992. A new hybrid Bermuda grass, it averaged 26% more dry matter and was 11% more digestible than Coastal in small plot tests. It has outperformed Coastal and Tifton 78 in replicated grazing trials. To date it has not been extensively tested in North Carolina. Winter hardiness is undetermined but appears to be no greater than Tifton 78. Variety Producers

	North Carolina Crop Improvement Association (NCCIA)
	your source for Variety Information
NCCIA Home Seed Producers Variety Information Identity Preserved Quality Assurance Seed Certification Contacts Links Forms Publications Annual Meeting Organic Certification	your source for Variety Information

	NCCIA · 3709 Hillsborough St. · Raleigh, NC · 27607-5464 TEL 919.515.2851 · FAX 919.515.7981 · Email