TABLE 9. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS IN THE 2003 NATIONAL BENTGRASS (GREENS) TEST AT ORONO, ME 1/ 2004 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ PERCENT BROWN PERCENT GENETIC LEAF DENSITY COVER LEAF RED PATCH ESTABLISH- WEEDS WEEDS QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR TEXTURE SUMMER SUMMER SPOT THREAD WARM TEMP. MENT JUNE SEPTEMBER MAY JUL AUG SEP OCT MEAN LEGENDARY 7.7 9.0 7.7 73.3 7.7 8.0 8.0 45.0 3.7 2.3 7.0 8.0 9.0 8.3 9.0 8.3 GREENWICH 7.7 9.0 7.7 65.0 7.3 8.3 8.0 41.7 5.3 2.3 6.3 7.7 8.7 9.0 9.0 8.1 IS-AC 1 7.7 9.0 7.7 71.7 8.3 8.3 8.0 36.7 4.0 2.7 6.0 7.7 9.0 8.7 9.0 8.1 EFD 7.3 9.0 8.0 80.0 7.7 8.3 8.0 33.3 4.0 3.0 5.7 8.0 9.0 8.3 9.0 8.0 SR 7200 8.0 9.0 7.7 58.3 7.3 9.0 8.3 25.0 4.3 3.0 5.7 7.3 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.0 VESPER 7.7 9.0 8.0 76.7 8.3 7.7 8.3 21.7 4.0 2.3 5.3 8.0 9.0 8.7 9.0 8.0 INDEPENDENCE 6.3 6.3 7.0 76.7 5.3 8.0 8.0 35.0 3.7 2.3 6.0 7.3 7.7 7.7 7.3 7.2 T-1 6.0 6.7 6.7 61.7 5.3 7.7 6.0 40.0 3.3 3.7 6.3 7.0 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.1 KINGPIN (9200) 6.0 6.7 6.7 60.0 6.3 8.3 7.7 31.7 4.7 4.7 6.0 7.0 7.7 7.3 7.0 7.0 MEMORIAL (A03-EDI) 6.0 5.7 5.0 65.0 5.3 8.0 6.3 55.0 4.7 3.0 7.0 5.7 7.0 7.3 7.0 6.8 007 (DSB) 6.0 5.7 6.3 66.7 7.7 8.0 7.5 48.3 5.3 3.7 6.0 6.7 7.3 7.0 7.0 6.8 LS-44 6.0 6.7 6.7 65.0 6.3 8.0 7.0 33.3 3.7 3.3 6.3 7.0 7.0 6.7 7.0 6.8 13-M 6.0 6.3 7.3 60.0 5.7 8.7 8.3 18.3 4.7 3.3 5.7 7.0 7.0 6.7 7.3 6.7 SHARK (23R) 6.0 5.7 6.0 76.7 5.3 8.7 7.7 53.3 4.7 2.7 6.0 6.0 7.3 7.7 6.7 6.7 ALPHA 6.0 6.0 6.3 66.7 7.0 8.7 7.7 20.0 4.3 2.0 5.7 6.7 7.7 7.0 6.7 6.7 IS-AP 9 6.0 6.7 7.0 55.0 4.7 8.3 8.3 43.3 5.0 2.7 5.0 6.7 7.7 7.0 7.3 6.7 SRX 1GPD 6.0 6.7 6.0 70.0 5.7 7.7 7.0 50.0 4.3 4.3 6.3 5.7 7.3 7.3 6.7 6.7 235050 6.0 5.7 6.7 60.0 6.0 7.7 8.0 73.3 4.0 2.7 6.0 6.7 7.3 6.7 6.3 6.6 BENCHMARK DSR 6.0 6.3 5.0 43.3 7.7 8.7 7.3 20.0 5.0 3.0 6.3 5.0 7.3 7.0 7.3 6.6 BENGAL 6.0 6.3 5.7 75.0 5.7 8.0 6.0 43.3 4.7 3.3 6.7 6.0 6.7 7.0 6.7 6.6 PENNLINKS II 6.0 6.0 6.7 50.0 6.7 8.3 7.0 35.0 4.0 4.0 6.0 6.3 6.7 7.0 7.0 6.6 SRX 1GD 6.0 6.3 5.0 66.7 6.0 7.7 7.0 31.7 5.0 4.3 6.0 5.7 7.0 7.0 7.3 6.6 PENN A-1 6.0 5.7 6.3 78.3 5.3 8.3 7.0 40.0 4.0 2.3 5.7 6.0 7.3 7.0 6.7 6.5 DECLARATION 6.0 5.3 6.7 75.0 6.0 8.3 7.0 18.3 5.3 2.7 5.0 6.3 7.3 6.7 6.7 6.4 CY-2 6.0 5.7 6.7 63.3 7.3 8.0 7.0 33.3 5.0 3.3 5.3 6.3 6.0 6.3 6.7 6.1 PENNCROSS 6.0 5.7 4.3 76.7 5.7 7.0 5.0 45.0 4.7 3.0 5.0 5.0 5.7 7.0 6.3 5.8 LSD VALUE 0.5 1.0 1.7 43.3 2.5 1.9 2.6 67.4 3.2 2.2 4.5 2.1 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.7 C.V. (%) 5.4 9.6 14.7 22.2 18.9 8.3 15.0 58.6 22.7 30.2 20.0 15.4 8.0 6.0 8.6 6.5 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. 2004 LOCATIONS, SITE DESCRIPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE 2003 NATIONAL BENTGRASS (GREEN) 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 ME1 - - - - - - - -