TABLE 47C. PERCENT DIVOT RECOVERY RATINGS OF COLONIAL BENTGRASS CULTIVARS 1/ GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE AT STILLWATER, OK 2/ 2004 DATA PERCENT COVER RATINGS FROM DIVOT RECOVERY: WEEKS AFTER TREATMENT 3/ 4/ STUDY 1: CUT JUNE 15 STUDY 2: CUT AUG. 31 STUDY 3: CUT OCT. 7 NAME 4 WEEKS 7.5 WEEKS 3.5 WEEKS 7 WEEKS 1.5 WEEKS 4 WEEKS MEAN PST-9VN 38.3 74.0 79.0 95.3 50.0 85.7 70.4 BARDOT 65.0 96.0 54.7 94.7 30.7 80.7 70.3 EWTR 50.0 85.3 64.7 98.0 35.3 87.0 70.1 SR 7150 42.3 79.0 67.7 96.0 25.7 81.0 65.3 PST-9NBC 43.3 80.0 59.0 86.7 35.0 80.3 64.1 TIGER II 48.0 75.0 55.7 96.0 24.3 58.3 59.6 GREENTIME (IS-AT 7) 40.3 74.3 45.7 85.3 32.3 72.3 58.4 LSD VALUE 61.3 51.2 47.3 25.6 36.6 35.2 29.8 C.V. (%) 50.3 24.5 31.8 11.0 45.2 19.3 17.8 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/ STUDY ONE WAS PERFORMED USING A KICK-CUTTER MECHANICAL DEVICE. STUDIES TWO AND THREE WERE PERFORMED USING A MOTORIZED, MODIFIED "EDGER" DEVICE WHICH ALSO SIMULATED UNIFORM DIVOTS. 4/ PHOTOS OF EQUIPMENT USED AND/OR DIGITAL FILES FOR THE DIVOTS AT EACH RECOVERY DATE ARE AVAILABLE FROM OSU TURF PROGRAM UPON REQUEST. DURING 2004, HOLLOW TINES WERE USED FOR AERIFICATION.