Creeping bentgrass Agrostis palustris (stolonifera) variety named ‘T-1’

A method of introducing a desired trait into bentgrass line ‘T-1’ wherein the method comprises:

• (a) crossing a ‘T-1’ plant, wherein a representative sample of seed was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8439, with a plant of another bentgrass line that comprises a desired trait to produce F1 progeny plants, wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide resistance, insect resistance, and resistance to bacterial disease, fungal disease or viral disease;
• (b) selecting progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected progeny plants;
• (c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the ‘T-1’ plants to produce backcross progeny plants;
• (d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of bentgrass line ‘T-1’ listed in Table 1 to produce selected backcross progeny plants;
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• (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of bentgrass line ‘T-1’ listed in Table 1.

A method of producing modified fatty acid metabolism or modified carbohydrate metabolism in bentgrass line ‘T-1’ wherein the method comprises:

• (a) crossing a ‘T-1’ plant, wherein a representative sample of seed was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8439, with a plant of another bentgrass line to produce F1 progeny plants that comprise a nucleic acid molecule encoding an enzyme selected from the group consisting of phytase, stearyl-ACP desaturase, fructosyltransferase, levansucrase, alpha-amylase, invertase and starch branching enzyme;
• (b) selecting progeny plants that have said nucleic acid molecule to produce selected progeny plants;
• (c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the ‘T-1’ plants to produce backcross progeny plants;
• (d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have said nucleic acid molecule and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of bentgrass line ‘T-1’ listed in Table 1 to produce selected backcross progeny plants;
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• (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise said nucleic acid molecule and have all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of bentgrass line ‘T-1’ listed in Table 1.