TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS AT THIRTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1990 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME AR1 AZ1 CA2 CA3 FL1 KS2 LA1 MD1 MO4 MS1 UB1 VA1 VA4 MEAN * TIFWAY 7.9 7.9 6.7 6.4 7.9 1.0 7.6 7.1 1.9 7.5 7.3 6.2 7.1 6.3 * TIFWAY II 7.8 7.8 6.4 6.4 8.1 1.5 7.7 6.8 1.0 7.7 7.3 6.3 7.1 6.3 MSB-10 7.6 7.8 6.9 6.3 8.1 1.7 7.7 6.8 1.0 7.7 6.7 6.3 6.8 6.3 A-29 7.1 6.9 5.5 5.5 6.4 8.2 7.1 5.8 1.4 5.1 7.0 7.0 5.5 6.0 E-29 7.0 6.4 5.6 5.7 6.6 8.0 6.2 5.8 2.8 4.4 6.8 6.5 5.9 6.0 * MIDIRON 6.8 6.4 5.9 5.8 6.9 7.5 6.8 5.3 2.7 4.2 6.3 6.2 5.8 5.9 A-22 7.1 6.6 5.5 5.9 5.9 7.7 6.6 5.7 1.4 5.1 6.7 6.2 5.8 5.8 MSB-20 7.4 7.1 5.7 5.5 7.7 1.0 7.1 6.3 1.0 6.9 7.6 5.5 6.6 5.8 NM 43 6.9 7.1 5.6 5.8 7.7 1.2 7.2 6.2 1.0 6.7 7.7 6.2 6.1 5.8 MSB-30 6.0 6.9 6.5 5.8 6.5 2.7 7.1 6.7 1.5 5.9 6.2 5.7 7.1 5.7 * TUFCOTE 7.6 6.2 5.7 5.7 7.2 2.0 7.4 5.4 1.0 5.6 7.4 6.5 6.7 5.7 * TIFGREEN 6.7 6.9 5.7 5.6 8.1 1.3 6.8 5.9 1.0 6.2 7.8 6.0 6.4 5.7 CT-23 5.0 7.2 5.6 5.9 6.5 3.0 7.2 6.4 1.0 5.6 5.7 4.8 6.2 5.4 NM 507 6.3 7.7 6.2 5.6 8.1 1.0 7.4 6.2 1.0 4.5 4.3 4.8 6.9 5.4 * TEXTURF 10 6.3 6.6 5.5 5.5 7.0 2.8 6.3 5.5 1.0 4.7 5.8 6.3 6.3 5.4 NM 471 5.8 6.9 6.1 6.0 7.6 1.0 7.3 5.8 1.0 4.4 4.8 5.2 6.9 5.3 RS-1 6.0 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.3 1.5 3.7 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.2 FB-119 5.4 6.1 5.4 5.2 6.7 1.0 7.3 5.8 1.2 4.6 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.2 NM 375 5.7 6.2 5.4 5.6 7.1 1.0 6.6 5.2 1.0 4.0 6.1 5.8 6.0 5.1 * VAMONT 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.3 6.7 3.2 5.7 4.8 2.1 4.0 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.0 NMS 3 4.7 6.4 5.3 5.5 6.7 1.0 6.8 5.7 1.0 3.8 5.9 5.5 6.2 5.0 NM 72 4.8 6.4 5.2 5.1 7.8 1.0 6.6 5.4 1.0 4.5 5.4 4.8 6.2 4.9 NMS 4 5.6 6.3 5.5 5.3 7.2 1.0 6.2 5.1 1.2 2.7 5.8 5.0 5.9 4.8 * GUYMON 5.1 6.2 4.6 5.2 6.2 6.2 5.6 4.8 2.6 2.2 5.1 3.2 3.0 4.6 * NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA) 4.7 4.7 5.2 5.1 4.9 1.0 6.3 5.2 1.0 2.6 5.2 4.0 5.6 4.3 NMS 2 4.9 4.5 5.1 5.1 3.8 1.0 5.4 5.3 1.0 2.4 5.4 3.8 5.4 4.1 NMS 14 4.5 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.6 1.0 5.2 4.6 1.0 2.3 4.9 4.2 5.1 4.0 * AZ. COMMON 4.6 4.2 4.8 4.9 4.4 1.0 5.4 3.4 1.0 2.2 5.0 4.0 4.7 3.8 LSD VALUE 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.4 0.6 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.8 1.6 0.7 0.3 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1991 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).