TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS AT SEVEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1991 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME AR1 AZ1 CA2 CA3 MD1 OK1 UB1 MEAN * TIFWAY II 7.4 8.1 6.6 6.2 7.0 8.6 7.9 7.4 * TIFWAY 7.3 7.7 6.6 5.7 6.9 8.9 8.0 7.3 MSB-10 (MS-PRIDE) 7.3 8.1 6.7 5.8 6.7 8.6 7.7 7.3 NM 43 7.0 7.5 6.0 5.3 6.4 8.4 7.5 6.9 MSB-20 (MS-EXPRESS) 6.8 7.5 5.9 5.4 6.5 8.2 7.6 6.9 MSB-30 (MS-CHOICE) 6.2 7.2 6.2 5.4 6.9 8.4 7.3 6.8 NM 471 6.9 7.3 6.7 5.6 6.4 8.0 6.6 6.8 NM 507 6.8 7.5 6.6 5.4 6.6 7.9 6.4 6.7 * A-22 (MIDLAWN) 6.7 7.4 6.0 5.8 5.9 8.1 6.9 6.7 CT-23 6.2 7.8 5.9 5.8 6.9 7.1 7.0 6.7 * TIFGREEN 6.5 6.8 5.8 5.4 6.0 8.4 7.6 6.6 A-29 6.5 7.0 6.2 5.6 6.0 8.1 7.1 6.6 * TUFCOTE 6.8 7.0 5.8 5.8 5.5 7.8 6.9 6.5 * MIDIRON 6.2 6.3 6.3 5.4 5.7 7.9 6.5 6.3 * TEXTURF 10 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.8 7.2 6.3 6.3 * E-29 (MIDFIELD) 6.2 6.1 6.1 5.7 5.9 7.5 6.9 6.3 NM 375 6.4 5.9 6.0 5.4 5.9 7.8 6.4 6.2 * NMS 3 (SONESTA) 5.7 6.4 5.5 5.0 6.1 7.5 6.6 6.1 NM 72 5.9 6.3 5.4 5.1 6.0 7.3 6.3 6.0 FB-119 6.0 6.5 5.4 5.1 6.2 6.1 6.7 6.0 RS-1 5.6 5.4 5.9 5.4 5.4 7.6 6.2 5.9 NMS 4 5.5 6.1 5.7 4.8 6.0 6.3 6.1 5.8 * VAMONT 4.9 5.2 5.7 5.4 5.4 6.9 6.5 5.7 * NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA) 5.2 4.2 5.4 4.9 5.5 6.8 5.5 5.4 * GUYMON 4.3 6.0 5.1 4.8 4.9 6.3 5.1 5.2 NMS 14 4.7 4.5 5.4 4.7 5.3 6.0 5.4 5.1 NMS 2 4.9 3.3 5.4 4.8 5.9 5.9 5.5 5.1 * AZ. COMMON 5.0 3.1 5.3 4.8 4.9 5.6 5.1 4.8 LSD VALUE 0.9 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.3 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1992 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).