Patent 7394001 was granted and assigned to J. R. Simplot on July, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A novel bentgrass cultivar, designated ‘Alpha’, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of bentgrass cultivar ‘Alpha’, to the plants of bentgrass ‘Alpha’ and to methods for producing a bentgrass plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘Alpha’ with itself or another bentgrass variety. The invention further relates to hybrid bentgrass seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar ‘Alpha’ with another bentgrass cultivar.