The Agronomy department’s very own Dr.Kevin Kenworthy was featured on TV20’s Farm Fact segment. You can see it here. Congratulations, Dr.Kenworthy! For more information about CitraBlue™, please click here.
From TV20:
Floridians enjoy the look of a nice lawn. A healthy lawn can increase the value of a property, cool the air, combat glare and noise, and reduce soil erosion. Most importantly, a healthy lawn actively filters and traps sediments and pollutants that could otherwise contaminate ground and or surface water. Recently, a University of Florida Turf Breeder, Dr. Kevin Kenworthy, has cultivated a St. Augustine grass variety called CitraBlue™. CitraBlue™ will be a great addition to the warm- season turf selection for lawns in the southeast. With a striking blue-green color, CitraBlue™ and has improved shade tolerance over Floratam St. Augustine, the most commonly grown grass for Florida lawns. It also has a greater resistance to diseases such as gray leaf spot, large patch and take-all root rot. The new variety will handle shade and does well in full sun. Its dense canopy reduces competition from weeds. Watch for CitraBlue™, be available in early 2020, courtesy of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
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