Sod Solutions, a
sod
Sod, also known as turf, is the upper layer of soil with the grass growing on it that is often harvested into rolls.
In Australian and British English, sod is more commonly known as ''turf'', and the word "sod" is limited mainly to agricultu ...
company founded in 1994, develops, conducts research on, and markets patented and trademarked
grass
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in law ...
es.
The company markets various sod
brand
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s like
Celebration
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Film, television and theatre
* ''Celebration'' (musical), by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, 1969
* ''Celebration'' (play), by Harold Pinter, 2000
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, and
Discovery
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* Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown
* Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown
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.
Turfgrass for sports fields
On May 30, 2012, a partnership was announced between 21 Florida sod producers from the Florida Sod Growers Cooperative and
University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
turfgrass researchers. To find new and improved
zoysiagrass
''Zoysia'' (;["Zoysia."](_blank)
entry at CollinsDictionary.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021. , -, ...
varieties. 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 Armyworms are the caterpillars of some members of two genera:
* Many ''Spodoptera'' including:
** African armyworm (''Spodoptera exempta'') (Africa)
** Fall armyworm (''Spodoptera frugiperda'') (North and South America)
** Lawn armyworm (''Spodopte ...
and
sod webworm
The genus ''Crambus'' includes around 155 species of moths in the family Crambidae, distributed globally. The adult stages are called crambid snout moths (a name shared with the rest of the family Crambidae, to distinguish them from Pyralidae s ...
. The program expects to have new grasses ready by 2017.
Sod Solutions is coordinating this partnership and will license and market those new grasses.
See also
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Sod
Sod, also known as turf, is the upper layer of soil with the grass growing on it that is often harvested into rolls.
In Australian and British English, sod is more commonly known as ''turf'', and the word "sod" is limited mainly to agricultu ...
*
Lawn
A lawn is an area of soil-covered land planted with grasses and other durable plants such as clover which are maintained at a short height with a lawnmower (or sometimes grazing animals) and used for aesthetic and recreational purposes. ...
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