Disclosed is a new and distinct variety of Zoysia grass, named Benest
1, and a Dongrae Koryogi-specific STS marker. Benest
1 of the present invention is prepared by mating two zoysia grasses, Anyang
Chunggi with excellent resistance to disease and cold and Dongrae
Koryogi with good texture. The Dongrae Koryogi-specific
STS marker of the present invention is developed by adding extra bases to a Dongrae
Koryogi-specific operon primer, OPD12 and the nucleoic acid sequence of
a Dongrae Koryogi-specific DNA fragment obtained by PCR using the
OPD12 primer, and is extremely useful for identification of cultivar of hybrid
species of Dongrae Koryogi.
