TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-FIVE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 1992-96 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AL1 AR1 AZ1 CA2 CA3 FL1 GA1 GA2 IL2 KS2 KY1 LA2 MD1 MO2 MO3 MS1 NE1 NM1 OK1 OK2 TX1 TX2 UB1 VA1 VA4 MEAN * BABY (TDS-BM1) 5.8 8.0 6.9 5.7 6.1 6.4 4.7 4.6 7.8 7.5 7.8 7.2 2.1 6.0 5.3 6.7 8.2 7.0 7.8 8.2 6.0 3.9 5.7 5.4 7.3 6.3 * TIFGREEN 5.7 8.0 7.0 5.6 5.7 5.9 4.6 4.4 7.6 7.3 7.3 7.4 1.9 5.7 5.2 6.5 7.9 6.8 7.5 8.2 6.0 3.3 5.2 4.6 7.4 6.1 * TIFWAY 5.7 7.2 7.0 5.9 6.1 6.5 6.0 4.4 7.3 8.4 7.6 7.0 2.2 3.1 2.9 7.0 5.6 7.2 7.4 7.9 6.2 4.1 6.6 4.4 7.2 6.0 * MIDLAWN 5.5 7.5 6.4 5.3 5.6 5.0 4.4 3.3 6.5 8.3 7.2 6.6 7.2 5.2 4.9 5.6 6.6 6.4 7.0 6.9 6.5 3.4 6.4 5.9 6.0 6.0 * MIDIRON 5.7 7.1 5.8 5.4 5.8 5.6 4.5 3.7 6.8 7.6 7.1 6.5 7.1 5.5 4.4 5.7 6.5 6.4 6.6 6.9 6.0 3.7 6.3 5.3 6.7 5.9 * MIDFIELD 5.4 6.2 6.0 5.5 5.7 5.2 3.9 3.6 6.8 7.9 7.2 6.6 7.3 5.9 5.3 5.6 5.6 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.6 3.3 6.0 5.5 5.8 5.9 STF-1 5.6 6.8 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.4 4.3 3.4 5.8 7.7 6.4 6.2 3.2 5.7 5.3 5.4 6.1 6.1 6.5 6.7 5.6 3.8 6.0 4.0 5.9 5.5 * MIRAGE (90173) 5.4 6.2 5.9 5.2 5.2 5.7 4.7 4.1 4.6 7.2 7.7 6.0 6.2 5.1 4.0 5.4 5.2 5.4 5.9 5.5 5.5 3.1 6.4 4.8 5.7 5.4 * TEXTURF 10 5.6 7.0 5.2 5.6 5.5 6.2 4.5 3.2 5.5 6.7 7.0 6.4 1.2 5.5 4.1 5.3 6.5 6.1 6.4 6.5 5.7 3.4 5.9 4.4 6.2 5.4 OKS 91-11 5.5 6.6 6.3 5.2 5.3 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.9 7.6 7.2 5.1 6.7 4.3 3.4 4.8 6.3 5.8 6.0 5.6 5.3 2.6 6.4 3.9 5.5 5.3 J-27 5.3 6.1 5.9 5.1 5.2 4.5 4.4 3.8 4.1 7.3 7.3 5.5 6.0 4.8 4.0 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.3 3.4 6.0 4.6 5.5 5.2 * JACKPOT (J-912) 5.4 6.5 5.7 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.9 3.5 5.3 6.9 7.0 5.6 3.4 3.6 2.8 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.9 5.7 5.5 3.1 6.3 4.9 5.9 5.2 * GUYMON 5.3 5.6 5.7 5.1 5.2 4.5 4.6 3.6 3.3 6.7 7.0 5.4 6.0 4.8 3.2 5.1 4.5 5.5 5.7 5.2 5.3 2.9 5.4 4.1 5.0 5.0 * FMC-6 (FMC 6-91) 5.5 6.7 5.8 4.8 4.9 5.1 4.7 4.2 4.8 6.6 6.4 5.5 2.9 2.0 1.6 5.4 6.2 6.1 5.9 6.0 5.6 2.9 5.4 3.5 6.0 5.0 * SUNDEVIL 5.3 5.8 5.4 4.8 5.1 5.2 4.4 3.6 4.1 6.6 6.9 5.5 4.8 3.9 3.3 5.3 5.3 4.9 5.5 5.3 5.2 2.8 5.8 3.7 5.4 5.0 FMC 5-91 5.4 6.3 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.3 4.5 3.8 4.9 6.5 6.1 5.6 3.5 2.6 1.6 5.4 5.4 5.7 6.0 5.9 5.3 2.9 5.5 3.7 5.5 4.9 OKS 91-1 5.4 6.0 4.9 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.5 3.7 4.1 6.4 6.4 5.6 3.4 3.3 2.9 5.3 6.7 4.7 5.5 5.2 5.4 3.0 4.4 3.5 5.4 4.8 FMC 3-91 5.3 6.0 5.8 4.8 5.0 5.4 4.7 4.0 4.3 6.0 5.5 5.9 2.3 1.5 1.6 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.8 5.8 5.3 3.0 4.4 3.1 5.8 4.7 FMC 2-90 5.4 6.3 5.0 4.8 4.9 5.3 4.8 4.1 4.0 6.5 6.2 5.5 2.1 1.8 1.0 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.5 5.0 2.9 5.3 3.5 5.4 4.7 * NUMEX-SAHARA 5.4 5.8 5.3 4.7 4.9 5.1 4.3 3.7 4.6 5.6 5.8 5.6 2.6 1.6 1.4 5.2 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.2 2.7 5.4 3.2 5.5 4.6 * FLORADWARF (FHB-135) 5.4 5.7 5.6 4.6 5.0 5.6 3.8 3.3 7.8 6.1 4.1 6.1 1.4 1.5 1.1 4.9 6.8 4.8 4.6 6.2 4.0 3.1 2.3 3.3 6.2 4.5 * CHEYENNE 5.1 5.6 5.1 4.5 4.9 5.4 4.7 3.5 4.1 6.0 5.3 4.8 1.6 2.3 1.9 5.2 5.3 4.5 5.2 5.1 5.1 2.8 6.4 2.7 4.9 4.5 * SONESTA 5.3 5.7 5.1 4.6 4.8 5.4 4.5 3.2 4.2 5.8 5.4 5.7 2.1 1.6 1.4 5.1 5.5 5.3 5.2 4.7 5.1 2.9 5.0 2.9 5.2 4.5 * PRIMAVERA (FMC 1-90) 5.2 5.6 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.5 3.9 4.2 5.7 5.7 5.4 1.9 1.7 1.2 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.6 5.2 3.0 4.8 2.9 5.0 4.4 * ARIZONA COMMON-SEED 5.2 5.4 4.9 4.5 4.7 5.0 4.4 3.8 3.9 5.8 4.9 5.2 2.2 1.7 1.1 5.0 4.8 4.4 4.8 4.4 5.1 2.6 4.5 2.6 4.9 4.2 * ARIZONA COMMON-VEG. 5.1 5.2 3.6 4.3 4.4 4.4 3.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 4.1 5.1 2.0 1.8 1.1 4.4 5.3 3.9 5.7 5.4 5.0 2.6 4.9 2.4 4.4 4.0 LSD VALUE 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.3 0.9 1.2 0.6 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 2.4 1.2 1.2 0.5 0.2 C.V. (%) 13.2 14.4 13.4 6.7 7.1 19.1 24.8 27.9 18.1 15.3 16.5 17.3 31.6 25.8 24.5 15.2 13.6 17.1 12.6 11.0 14.9 66.8 27.2 38.2 9.1 19.1 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 1997. 1/ TO DETERMINE STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, SUBTRACT ONE ENTRY'S MEAN FROM ANOTHER ENTRY'S MEAN. STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES OCCUR WHEN THIS VALUE IS LARGER THAN THE CORRESPONDING LSD VALUE (LSD 0.05). 2/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEANS IN EACH COLUMN.