TABLE 8. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS IN THE 2007 NATIONAL BERMUDAGRASS TEST AT BATON ROUGE, LA 1/ 2008 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ PERCENT FALL SEEDHEAD SEEDHEAD GENETIC SPRING LEAF DENSITY COVER COLOR MIDDLE LATE QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR GREENUP TEXTURE SUMMER SPRING NOVEMBER SUMMER SUMMER MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT MEAN OKC 1119 8.0 6.7 8.0 8.0 99.0 7.3 9.0 8.7 6.3 6.7 7.0 8.0 8.0 7.7 8.0 8.0 7.5 OKC 1134 7.3 6.3 7.0 7.3 97.7 6.7 9.0 8.7 6.3 6.3 6.7 7.0 7.7 6.7 7.7 7.3 7.0 PATRIOT 7.7 5.3 6.0 7.0 97.7 7.0 9.0 9.0 5.3 6.0 6.7 7.7 7.7 7.0 7.3 7.3 6.9 PREMIER 7.7 5.3 7.3 6.3 97.7 7.0 8.3 8.0 5.3 6.3 6.3 7.7 7.7 7.0 7.3 7.7 6.9 TIFWAY 6.7 7.0 6.3 7.3 96.3 6.7 8.7 8.7 5.3 6.0 6.3 6.7 7.7 7.0 7.3 7.0 6.7 OKS 2004-2 7.0 5.0 6.7 6.3 97.7 6.7 9.0 7.3 5.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 6.3 7.0 7.0 6.4 RIVIERA 6.7 5.3 5.7 6.3 94.7 6.7 9.0 7.3 5.3 6.0 6.0 6.7 6.7 6.0 7.0 6.7 6.3 YUKON 7.0 5.3 5.0 6.0 93.0 6.3 9.0 8.0 5.3 6.0 5.7 7.0 6.3 6.3 6.3 7.0 6.3 SWI-1081 7.0 4.3 5.7 6.0 96.0 6.7 9.0 7.7 4.3 5.3 6.0 7.0 6.3 6.3 6.7 7.0 6.1 MIDLAWN 6.3 4.0 6.0 6.0 95.0 6.3 8.7 8.3 5.3 5.7 5.7 6.3 6.3 5.7 6.3 6.3 6.0 SWI-1057 6.7 3.7 5.3 5.7 96.3 6.7 8.3 7.3 4.7 6.0 5.7 6.7 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.0 SWI-1122 7.0 3.7 5.7 6.0 94.7 6.0 9.0 8.3 4.0 5.3 5.7 7.0 6.7 6.0 6.7 7.0 6.0 BAR 7CD5 7.0 4.0 5.0 5.7 93.0 6.0 8.7 7.3 4.7 5.3 5.7 7.0 6.0 5.3 6.3 6.7 5.9 PRINCESS 77 6.7 4.0 5.7 5.7 93.0 5.7 8.7 7.3 5.0 5.7 5.3 6.7 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.7 5.9 SWI-1113 7.0 4.3 5.7 6.0 97.7 6.0 8.3 7.7 4.3 6.0 5.3 7.0 6.0 5.7 6.0 7.0 5.9 PSG 9BAN 6.3 4.0 5.7 5.7 96.3 5.7 9.0 7.3 5.0 5.7 5.3 6.3 6.0 5.7 6.3 6.3 5.8 PSG 9Y2OK 6.3 4.0 5.7 6.0 96.3 6.0 8.7 8.0 4.7 5.3 5.7 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.3 5.8 IS-01-201 6.3 3.3 6.0 5.7 95.0 5.3 8.7 7.7 4.0 5.3 5.3 6.3 6.3 5.7 6.3 6.3 5.7 PYRAMID 2 (IS-CD10) 6.0 4.0 5.3 5.7 94.7 6.0 8.3 7.7 4.7 5.3 5.7 6.0 5.7 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.7 SWI-1070 6.0 4.7 5.7 5.3 97.7 6.0 9.0 7.3 4.3 5.7 5.3 6.0 6.0 5.7 6.3 6.3 5.7 PSG 91215 6.3 4.0 5.7 4.7 90.0 5.3 8.7 7.3 4.7 5.3 5.3 6.3 6.0 5.0 5.7 6.3 5.6 RAD-CD1 6.0 4.0 5.7 5.7 93.3 6.0 8.3 7.3 4.3 5.3 5.3 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.6 SWI-1083 6.3 4.3 5.7 5.3 93.3 6.0 8.7 8.0 4.3 5.3 5.3 6.3 5.7 5.7 6.0 6.3 5.6 VERACRUZ 6.3 3.7 5.7 5.7 94.7 6.0 8.7 7.7 4.0 5.3 5.3 6.3 5.7 5.7 6.0 6.3 5.6 HOLLYWOOD (J-720) 6.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 97.7 5.7 8.7 7.7 4.0 5.3 5.3 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.7 6.0 5.5 PST-R6FLT 6.0 4.0 6.0 5.3 96.3 6.0 9.0 7.7 4.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 5.3 6.0 6.3 5.5 SUNSPORT 6.0 3.3 6.0 5.0 93.3 6.0 8.3 8.3 4.3 4.7 5.0 6.0 5.3 6.0 6.0 6.3 5.5 NUMEX-SAHARA 6.3 2.7 4.0 4.3 90.0 5.7 8.7 7.3 4.0 5.3 5.3 6.3 5.3 5.0 5.7 6.0 5.4 PSG PROK 5.7 3.7 5.0 5.0 94.7 5.7 8.7 8.0 4.3 5.0 5.0 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.3 6.0 5.3 SWI-1117 5.7 3.7 5.7 5.0 97.7 5.7 9.0 7.3 4.3 5.0 5.0 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.3 6.0 5.3 PSG 94524 5.3 3.7 5.0 4.3 94.7 5.3 9.0 7.3 4.3 5.0 4.3 5.3 4.7 4.3 5.0 5.7 4.8 LSD VALUE 1.3 0.8 0.9 0.8 9.6 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 C.V. (%) 10.3 11.8 9.6 8.8 3.6 9.9 5.1 8.9 14.6 10.8 9.7 10.6 10.0 10.6 9.0 7.3 7.0 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. TABLE A. 2008 LOCATIONS, SITE DESCRIPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE 2007 NATIONAL BERMUDAGRASS TEST SOIL SOIL SUN MOWING SOIL SOIL PHOSPHOROUS POTASSIUM NITROGEN OR HEIGHT IRRIGATION LOCATION TEXTURE PH (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/1000 SQ FT) SHADE (IN) PRACTICED LA1 SILTY CLAY AND CLAY 6.1-6.5 151-270 241-375 4.1-5.0 FULL SUN 0.6-1.0 TO PREVENT STRESS