TABLE 17. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT TEN LOCATIONS IN THE TRANSITION ZONE 1/ 1996-2000 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IL2 KS1 KY1 MD1 MO1 MO3 NC1 OK1 UB1 VA1 MEAN LIBERATOR (ZPS-2572) 7.2 4.8 7.8 5.7 4.9 7.4 5.9 7.0 6.9 5.5 6.3 MIDNIGHT 7.2 5.2 8.1 5.0 5.1 7.4 5.6 7.2 6.7 5.4 6.3 TOTAL ECLIPSE (TCR-1738) 6.7 4.6 8.3 5.2 5.0 7.6 5.1 7.0 7.1 4.9 6.2 IMPACT (J-1576) 6.8 4.4 7.8 5.4 5.1 7.2 5.2 7.4 7.0 5.3 6.2 UNIQUE 6.8 5.7 7.6 5.7 5.3 6.5 5.0 6.7 6.3 5.8 6.2 NUGLADE 6.1 4.4 8.0 5.5 4.9 7.3 5.4 7.6 7.0 5.1 6.1 ODYSSEY (J-1561) 6.3 4.7 7.7 5.4 5.0 7.2 5.4 7.2 7.0 5.1 6.1 AWARD 6.2 4.6 7.8 5.8 5.0 7.2 5.2 7.2 6.6 5.4 6.1 BRILLIANT (PST-B2-42) 7.2 5.6 7.5 4.8 5.2 6.4 5.4 6.4 6.8 5.5 6.1 APOLLO (PST-B3-180) 6.9 6.2 7.2 5.5 5.0 6.2 5.4 6.7 6.3 5.4 6.1 SHOWCASE (PST-BO-141) 7.1 5.8 7.6 5.7 4.8 6.3 5.2 6.4 5.9 5.7 6.1 AMERICA 7.0 5.6 7.5 5.7 4.7 6.3 5.0 6.5 6.1 5.5 6.0 RUGBY II (MED-18) 5.9 4.7 7.7 5.4 5.1 7.2 4.9 6.9 6.5 5.3 6.0 PICK 8 7.1 4.8 7.3 5.6 5.0 6.6 5.1 7.1 5.3 5.4 5.9 QUANTUM LEAP (J-1567) 6.3 4.5 7.9 5.3 5.2 6.7 4.8 6.7 6.7 4.9 5.9 ARCADIA (J-1936) 5.8 4.6 7.3 5.5 5.2 6.6 5.2 6.9 6.4 4.9 5.8 BLACKSTONE (PST-638) 6.7 4.6 6.3 5.7 5.2 6.5 5.4 6.8 5.3 5.7 5.8 BLACKSBURG 5.8 4.9 6.6 6.0 5.6 6.5 4.9 6.5 5.6 5.3 5.8 CHICAGO (J-2582) 6.6 4.4 6.8 5.7 5.1 6.1 4.6 6.8 6.2 5.2 5.7 MOONLIGHT (PST-A418) 6.4 4.0 6.9 5.2 5.1 7.0 4.9 6.7 5.4 5.9 5.7 GLADE 5.6 4.8 7.5 5.6 5.4 6.3 4.9 6.3 6.1 5.1 5.7 ABSOLUTE (MED-1497) 5.5 4.1 6.5 5.8 5.2 6.9 5.2 6.8 6.3 4.9 5.7 BARONIE 6.4 4.8 7.0 5.7 5.4 5.9 5.1 6.6 4.8 5.6 5.7 ECLIPSE 6.7 4.1 7.3 6.0 5.0 6.0 4.9 6.6 5.6 5.0 5.7 PRINCETON 105 6.6 4.3 6.4 6.0 5.0 6.4 5.8 6.2 5.5 4.8 5.7 EXPLORER (PICK-3561) 5.9 4.6 7.2 5.7 5.3 6.2 4.7 6.4 6.4 4.5 5.7 HAGA 6.6 4.6 7.0 6.0 4.9 5.8 4.8 6.5 5.1 5.4 5.7 SERENE (PST-A7-245A) 6.4 4.1 6.8 5.6 5.4 6.8 4.7 6.2 5.3 5.1 5.6 BARONETTE (BA 81-058) 5.9 4.5 7.6 5.1 4.9 6.6 4.9 6.7 5.0 5.3 5.6 ALLURE 6.3 4.3 6.8 6.0 5.4 6.7 4.7 6.1 5.0 5.0 5.6 CHAMPAGNE (LTP-621) 6.0 4.7 7.1 5.6 4.8 5.8 4.9 6.0 5.1 6.0 5.6 JEFFERSON 5.4 5.0 7.4 5.0 5.0 6.0 5.2 6.3 5.4 5.4 5.6 COVENTRY 6.2 4.5 6.4 5.6 5.1 6.7 4.8 6.4 5.4 5.0 5.6 FORTUNA 5.5 4.3 7.1 5.4 5.4 6.3 4.7 6.3 5.6 4.9 5.5 CHATEAU 5.9 4.5 6.2 5.9 5.5 6.5 4.7 6.5 4.7 5.2 5.5 SR 2000 5.3 4.6 7.0 5.0 4.5 7.0 4.8 6.9 5.1 5.2 5.5 RAMBO (J-2579) 5.4 4.2 6.8 5.1 5.4 6.1 4.7 6.6 6.7 4.3 5.5 PST-BO-165 6.3 4.6 6.7 5.0 5.5 6.7 4.5 6.1 5.0 4.7 5.5 LIVINGSTON 6.1 4.5 6.9 5.0 5.1 5.8 4.9 6.2 4.8 5.6 5.5 GOLDRUSH (BA 87-102) 5.2 4.7 6.5 5.8 5.3 6.4 4.9 5.8 4.8 5.0 5.5 ADVOCATE (HV 130) 5.8 4.9 5.7 5.8 5.2 6.1 4.7 5.9 5.5 4.8 5.4 J-1555 5.5 4.1 6.9 5.6 4.9 6.1 4.7 6.7 5.7 4.4 5.4 ZPS-309 6.0 4.3 5.9 5.4 5.4 6.1 5.1 6.3 5.2 4.7 5.4 NUSTAR 5.3 4.1 6.8 5.1 5.3 6.1 4.8 6.3 5.3 5.2 5.4 TABLE 17. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS (CONT'D) GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT TEN LOCATIONS IN THE TRANSITION ZONE 1996-2000 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME IL2 KS1 KY1 MD1 MO1 MO3 NC1 OK1 UB1 VA1 MEAN WILDWOOD 5.6 5.0 6.2 5.4 5.1 6.5 4.8 6.4 5.1 4.4 5.4 BARIRIS (BAR VB 5649) 6.1 4.3 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.9 4.6 6.3 5.8 4.7 5.4 CALIBER 5.3 4.3 6.5 5.6 5.0 5.8 5.2 6.1 5.8 4.7 5.4 BA 73-373 4.9 4.3 6.9 5.8 4.8 6.2 4.9 6.4 4.4 5.4 5.4 BA 77-702 5.8 3.9 6.9 5.6 4.9 6.3 4.5 6.0 4.4 5.7 5.4 PLATINI 5.7 4.4 5.7 5.7 5.1 6.0 4.9 6.1 6.0 4.4 5.4 RAVEN 5.3 3.9 6.9 5.7 5.1 6.4 4.4 6.3 4.4 5.5 5.4 LIMOUSINE 5.0 4.3 6.1 5.9 5.1 6.1 4.4 5.7 7.4 4.0 5.4 ZPS-2183 5.4 4.6 5.9 5.5 5.0 6.0 4.4 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.4 NORTH STAR (PST-A7-60) 5.2 4.2 6.6 5.4 5.3 6.1 5.3 6.2 5.3 4.0 5.4 CHALLENGER 5.1 4.4 6.7 5.1 5.1 6.3 4.7 6.5 5.2 4.7 5.4 MARQUIS 4.2 4.2 6.7 5.7 5.4 6.2 4.6 6.0 5.2 5.5 5.4 BARITONE (BAR VB 233) 5.9 4.3 5.8 5.4 5.1 6.2 5.1 6.1 5.3 4.4 5.4 ENVICTA (BA 75-173) 4.7 4.5 7.0 5.7 4.9 6.3 4.8 6.2 4.0 5.5 5.4 A88-744 5.8 4.2 6.7 5.2 4.3 6.3 4.9 6.3 4.6 5.2 5.4 BA 81-270 6.3 4.4 6.0 5.3 5.0 6.5 4.5 6.1 4.7 4.7 5.4 BAR VB 3115B 6.6 4.1 6.2 5.2 5.2 5.6 4.2 5.8 5.7 4.8 5.3 SEABRING (BA 79-260) 5.4 4.1 6.9 5.2 5.1 6.5 5.0 6.1 4.8 4.2 5.3 PST-P46 5.6 4.5 6.1 5.8 4.9 6.6 4.3 6.1 4.9 4.5 5.3 JEWEL (BA 81-227) 6.5 4.5 6.1 5.0 4.8 6.2 4.9 6.3 4.2 4.8 5.3 BARON 4.8 4.2 6.4 5.8 5.1 6.2 4.9 6.1 4.8 4.9 5.3 NJ-GD 5.1 4.1 6.5 5.3 4.8 5.9 5.2 6.3 4.8 5.2 5.3 BA 70-060 5.1 4.2 6.9 5.1 5.1 6.1 4.8 6.0 4.2 5.7 5.3 NJ-54 6.0 4.2 6.6 5.6 5.3 6.1 4.3 5.9 4.1 5.0 5.3 BA 75-490 5.9 4.7 6.5 5.6 4.9 6.1 4.7 6.2 3.4 5.1 5.3 SR 2100 5.3 4.1 6.2 5.7 4.9 6.4 4.6 6.3 4.2 5.4 5.3 CONNI 5.4 4.2 5.8 5.8 5.3 5.9 4.8 5.7 5.7 4.4 5.3 ABBEY 5.4 4.3 6.7 5.2 5.0 6.1 4.7 5.9 3.9 5.7 5.3 LKB-95 4.4 4.5 6.3 5.9 5.4 5.7 5.0 5.6 5.3 4.8 5.3 CLASSIC 3.2 4.5 7.1 5.6 5.1 5.8 5.1 6.2 4.8 5.4 5.3 BLUECHIP (MED-1991) 4.6 3.5 6.1 5.4 4.9 6.0 4.7 6.3 5.4 5.3 5.2 MED-1580 4.9 4.1 6.9 5.7 5.2 6.0 4.5 5.8 4.6 4.6 5.2 BA 81-220 4.6 4.3 6.8 5.9 5.1 6.1 4.2 5.9 3.6 5.6 5.2 SR 2109 5.3 4.6 5.8 5.2 4.5 5.8 4.7 5.8 5.5 5.0 5.2 ASCOT 4.5 4.1 6.0 5.3 4.9 6.4 4.7 6.2 5.6 4.2 5.2 DRAGON (ZPS-429) 5.4 3.8 6.7 5.6 5.0 6.0 5.0 6.2 3.1 5.2 5.2 SIDEKICK 5.0 3.9 6.9 5.0 4.3 6.2 4.8 6.2 3.5 5.7 5.2 HV 242 5.0 4.2 5.2 5.8 5.0 5.7 4.5 6.1 6.0 4.1 5.2 BA 81-113 4.4 3.9 6.6 5.2 4.8 6.2 4.9 6.2 3.7 5.5 5.1 SHAMROCK 5.7 4.1 6.2 5.0 4.7 5.9 4.5 5.8 4.4 4.9 5.1 NIMBUS 4.3 4.0 6.4 5.8 5.4 5.7 4.5 6.0 3.8 5.1 5.1 BA 75-163 5.3 4.2 7.1 5.5 4.1 6.1 4.7 6.2 3.5 4.2 5.1 LTP-620 4.8 4.1 6.3 5.1 4.4 5.8 4.7 6.3 4.5 4.9 5.1 VB 16015 4.3 3.6 6.9 4.9 4.7 6.6 5.4 6.1 4.4 4.0 5.1 BA 76-197 3.5 4.0 6.0 5.5 4.8 5.4 5.0 5.6 4.8 5.1 5.0 TABLE 17. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS (CONT'D) GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT TEN LOCATIONS IN THE TRANSITION ZONE 1996-2000 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME IL2 KS1 KY1 MD1 MO1 MO3 NC1 OK1 UB1 VA1 MEAN NJ 1190 4.1 4.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 5.7 4.5 5.4 5.3 4.6 4.9 COMPACT 4.0 4.1 5.4 5.8 4.6 5.6 4.4 5.4 5.1 4.7 4.9 MISTY (BA 76-372) 4.1 3.7 6.3 5.0 4.6 5.9 4.7 6.5 4.2 3.9 4.9 CARDIFF 4.1 3.6 5.4 4.4 4.7 5.7 5.3 5.7 5.7 4.1 4.9 BARTITIA 3.6 4.2 4.2 5.4 5.5 5.9 4.4 6.1 5.7 3.6 4.9 PICK-855 4.0 3.7 6.3 5.3 4.7 5.7 4.5 5.9 3.5 4.3 4.8 SRX 2205 4.1 4.3 5.0 5.7 5.2 5.5 4.3 5.6 3.5 4.7 4.8 LIPOA 3.7 4.4 4.1 4.5 5.2 5.6 4.3 5.9 5.8 3.2 4.7 KENBLUE 4.5 3.6 5.4 5.8 4.7 5.4 4.7 5.4 2.0 4.2 4.6 H86-690 3.3 4.2 5.4 5.1 4.3 5.6 4.6 5.1 3.8 4.1 4.6 SODNET 3.5 3.3 4.6 4.6 4.7 6.1 4.6 5.6 4.8 3.7 4.6 BAR VB 6820 3.6 3.1 4.0 4.5 4.4 5.8 4.6 5.8 5.7 3.4 4.5 BARUZO 3.4 3.0 4.3 4.8 4.3 5.5 4.8 5.8 3.1 3.9 4.3 PEPAYA (DP 37-192) 3.6 3.0 3.0 4.2 4.6 5.6 4.3 5.7 4.3 3.4 4.2 LSD VALUE 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.2 C.V. (%) 18.4 25.7 10.1 9.8 14.9 9.6 16.4 10.2 13.6 13.4 14.4 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 MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.