TABLE 3. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS IN THE 1998 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BERMUDAGRASS TEST AT GREEN VALLEY, AZ (COUNTRY CLUB OF GREEN VALLEY) 1/ 2001 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ TURFGRASS STIMPMETER READINGS MEASURED IN INCHES THATCH MEASUREMENTS IN MILLIMETERS FALL FALL FALL DENSITY DENSITY DENSITY PERCENT LIVING COVER RATINGS FROST THATCH COLOR COLOR COLOR STIMPMETER READINGS NAME SPRING SUMMER FALL SPRING SUMMER FALL TOLERANCE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER SPRING SUMMER FALL TIFGREEN 6.7 6.7 6.7 78.3 89.3 83.3 7.3 20.3 8.0 6.7 5.3 100.0 112.7 117.3 FLORADWARF 7.7 6.0 6.3 83.3 86.7 85.0 8.0 13.0 7.3 5.3 6.0 97.0 110.3 117.0 TIFDWARF 8.0 8.0 8.0 88.3 93.3 88.3 7.0 20.3 5.0 5.0 5.3 110.0 117.7 119.3 TIFEAGLE 7.0 7.7 8.3 91.3 96.0 92.7 8.0 26.0 5.3 6.0 5.0 108.3 110.0 106.7 MS-SUPREME 6.7 7.3 7.3 78.3 81.7 87.3 7.3 18.0 5.0 4.7 3.7 109.7 111.0 110.3 MINI-VERDE 6.7 8.3 8.3 88.3 96.3 88.3 7.0 26.7 5.0 5.0 5.0 116.7 114.0 111.0 CHAMPION 6.0 7.0 8.0 91.3 94.7 86.7 3.3 22.0 4.0 2.7 2.3 126.7 136.3 139.7 LSD VALUE 1.8 0.6 1.6 16.4 9.0 15.9 2.3 8.1 1.1 2.0 1.2 7.6 9.6 16.2 C.V. (%) 11.7 4.9 10.5 8.6 5.1 7.2 17.9 19.9 11.3 20.7 14.4 4.1 4.7 7.3 TABLE 3. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS (CONT'D) IN THE 1998 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BERMUDAGRASS TEST AT GREEN VALLEY, AZ (COUNTRY CLUB OF GREEN VALLEY) 1/ 2001 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ TURFGRASS STIMPMETER READINGS MEASURED IN INCHES THATCH MEASUREMENTS IN MILLIMETERS GENETIC SPRING LEAF QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR GREENUP TEXTURE APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV MEAN TIFGREEN 7.0 7.3 6.3 5.0 6.0 7.0 7.3 7.7 8.3 8.3 6.7 7.0 FLORADWARF 5.7 6.3 5.7 6.0 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.7 8.0 6.7 6.3 TIFDWARF 6.0 8.3 7.7 5.0 6.3 7.3 9.0 6.7 3.7 5.3 5.7 6.1 TIFEAGLE 6.0 4.7 7.7 4.0 5.0 6.3 7.0 7.0 5.3 5.7 7.0 5.9 MS-SUPREME 5.3 7.0 7.3 4.3 5.0 5.7 5.3 6.3 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.2 MINI-VERDE 5.7 5.3 8.0 3.3 4.0 5.3 5.7 6.7 4.0 5.3 5.3 5.0 CHAMPION 4.3 4.0 7.7 3.0 4.0 4.7 4.3 5.3 3.3 4.0 2.0 3.8 LSD VALUE 1.1 2.7 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.3 2.4 0.7 C.V. (%) 10.6 22.3 7.6 14.7 14.2 14.5 12.3 13.3 17.2 12.4 23.6 7.4 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.