TOURNAMENT® QUALITY PERENNIAL RYEGRASS SEED

The OGSBA test for TournamenT® Quality seed shall pertain to turf type perennial ryegrass seed produced by a Member of the Oregon Grass Seed Bargaining Association (OGSBA). Each lot must meet the Oregon mechanical (purity and germination) certified standards, as outlined below:

Must be free in a 5 gram sample, of contamination of certain grasses classified as “Coarse grasses” or “Undesirable grass seed (UGS)” which include the following species: Bentgrasses, Bermudagrass and Giant Bermudagrass, Poa trivialis, Meadow Fescue, Meadow Foxtail, Tall Fescue, Orchardgrass, Redtop, Timothy, Velvetgrass, and grasses of the Bromus and Wheatgrass species;

In a 50 gram sample, must be free of Poa annua and those noxious weeds listed in the Oregon Seed Certification Handbook.

**Note--The improved varieties and blends of turf type perennial ryegrass seed sold under the TournamenT® Quality (T-Q®) standard of quality shall be identified by the mark being displayed either on the bag, analysis tag, purchase order or invoice.

In 1998, PRBA (OGSBA) registered the TournamenT® Quality trademark to be used in the marketing of perennial ryegrass seed.