TABLE 13C. SPRING DENSITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (VEGETATIVE) CULTIVARS 1/ 2003-06 DATA DENSITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=MAXIMUM DENSITY 2/ NAME AZ1 CA7 FL3 LA2 NC1 SC2 TX1 TX2 MEAN PREMIER (OR 2002) 7.5 5.7 6.2 6.7 8.0 7.1 6.4 4.3 6.7 TIFWAY 8.0 4.7 5.8 5.0 8.3 7.4 6.3 3.0 6.7 TIFT NO. 4 7.8 4.0 5.6 5.7 7.7 7.3 6.5 4.0 6.7 TIFT NO. 3 7.5 6.0 5.9 6.7 7.0 7.1 6.2 5.0 6.6 TIFSPORT 7.6 4.3 6.1 6.0 9.0 7.3 5.7 3.0 6.6 AUSSIE GREEN 7.3 6.3 5.7 6.3 8.3 7.0 6.3 5.0 6.6 CELEBRATION 6.7 6.0 5.8 6.3 8.3 7.3 6.3 5.0 6.5 ASHMORE 8.7 5.7 5.4 . 8.3 6.4 5.3 3.3 6.4 GN-1 6.5 5.3 6.0 6.7 7.3 7.0 6.0 6.3 6.4 OKC 70-18 7.3 4.3 5.8 5.3 9.0 7.1 5.0 2.7 6.3 MIDLAWN 7.0 5.0 5.7 6.3 8.3 6.6 5.9 3.3 6.2 PATRIOT 6.7 6.0 5.8 6.3 8.3 6.8 5.1 5.3 6.1 MS-CHOICE 5.3 5.0 4.8 6.0 7.3 6.8 4.8 2.7 5.4 LSD VALUE 1.6 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.8 0.7 1.5 1.5 0.7 C.V. (%) 13.5 13.3 15.5 12.5 14.1 6.6 16.8 22.9 13.9 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.