TABLE 51C. SPRING DEAD SPOT RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (VEGETATIVE) CULTIVARS AT FLORENCE, SC 1/ 2003-06 DATA SPRING DEAD SPOT RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO DISEASE 2/ 3/ NAME MAY OCTOBER MEAN MS-CHOICE 7.3 6.0 6.7 PATRIOT 7.7 5.7 6.7 TIFSPORT 7.3 5.7 6.5 OKC 70-18 7.0 5.3 6.2 MIDLAWN 6.7 5.3 6.0 ASHMORE 6.3 5.3 5.8 CELEBRATION 6.3 5.0 5.7 TIFT NO. 3 6.0 5.3 5.7 TIFT NO. 4 5.7 5.7 5.7 TIFWAY 6.0 5.3 5.7 GN-1 5.7 5.0 5.3 AUSSIE GREEN 5.3 4.3 4.8 PREMIER (OR 2002) 5.0 4.3 4.7 LSD VALUE 1.5 1.4 1.1 C.V. (%) 12.5 12.0 10.3 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. 3/ SPRING DEAD SPOT RATED IN 2006 ONLY.