TABLE 1C. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (VEGETATIVE) 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 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 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 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 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.4 0.8 1.1 0.5 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.7 0.6 2.5 1.4 1.2 0.5 0.2 C.V. (%) 15.8 18.1 12.4 7.3 7.6 21.7 28.7 32.9 12.0 11.0 15.5 16.4 35.3 19.1 16.6 12.3 13.6 17.2 9.8 10.4 15.2 62.2 31.3 33.2 8.4 18.6 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.