Jacklin Seed offers a full product line of elite turfgrass varieties including: Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, creeping bentgrass tall and fine fescue, zoysiagrass, bermuda, and other specialty grasses. With knowledgeable distributors around the world and over 70 years of experience, from prominent golf courses to roadsides, Jacklin has the world covered.
Alpha, T-1 Awarded Utility Patents The US Patent and Trademark office recently signaled the approval of utility patents for Jacklin Seed’s popular creeping bentgrasses, Alpha and T-1 due to their outstanding characteristics.
“Competitors cannot use pollen or seed of the unique varieties T-1 or Alpha in their breeding of new varieties, or it is a direct violation of the patent,” says Doug Brede, developer of both varieties. PVPs protect varieties from unauthorized seed production but do little to prevent breeders from using part of a variety in their future creations.
T-1 and Alpha were introduced to the marketplace four years ago and each year they have quickly sold out due to demand. “Every year we boost acreage and every year we sell out,” says Chris Claypool, general manager for Jacklin Seed. .
Jacklin Bluegrasses Dominate Top Spots in New NTEP Trial New data posted to the internet in March by the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP), showed Jacklin Seed bluegrasses in a commanding lead in the first full year of the new trial results. The latest trial was planted in August 2005 and contains 110 mostly new varieties evaluated at 18 university locations from coast to coast. This spring’s data marks the first results from the new test.
Of the 15 top-performing entries in the trial, 13 were bred by Jacklin Seed. These 13 included 8 new experimental varieties Jacklin Seed developed specifically for this test.
“The results show we’re headed in the right direction,” says Doug Brede, Jacklin Seed’s Research Director. “Eight of the 10 new experimentals we entered scored in the top 15.” Brede does the bluegrass and bentgrass breeding himself. His research team works on 9 other grass species.
“This is the third consecutive NTEP that Jacklin varieties have dominated turf quality,” he says. Jacklin varieties monopolized the top of the trial in the 1995-1999 and 2000-2005 studies as well.
In addition to experimentals, Jacklin Seed entered several variety “standards” into the trial, the highest ranking of which was NuGlade in the new results.
Results released to date are labeled as “preliminary,” since one or two additional sites are expected to submit scores in the coming weeks. Full data should appear on the website by May.
