TABLE 7. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS IN THE 2020 NATIONAL BENTGRASS (GREENS) TEST AT RALEIGH, NC 1/ 2024 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ GENETIC LEAF DENSITY RATINGS PERCENT GROUND COVER QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR TEXTURE SPRING SUMMER FALL SPRING SUMMER FALL JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV MEAN TILLINGHAST (DLF-AP-3084) 7.3 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.0 99.0 99.0 99.0 6.7 7.0 7.3 8.0 8.0 8.7 9.0 7.3 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.1 SPECTRUM (LNS 19) 7.7 8.7 9.0 8.3 8.3 99.0 99.0 99.0 6.7 6.7 7.3 7.7 8.0 8.7 9.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 7.9 CY-4 7.0 8.3 9.0 8.0 8.7 99.0 98.3 99.0 6.3 6.7 6.7 7.0 7.7 8.3 8.7 8.3 9.0 8.3 8.7 7.8 PVF-PV-2 8.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.0 98.7 99.0 99.0 5.7 6.0 6.0 7.3 8.7 9.0 9.0 7.7 9.0 9.0 9.0 7.8 PVF-PV-1 7.3 9.0 9.0 8.7 8.0 98.7 99.0 99.0 5.7 5.7 6.0 6.7 8.0 8.7 9.0 8.7 8.3 9.0 9.0 7.7 007XL 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.3 8.7 98.7 99.0 99.0 5.0 5.3 5.7 7.3 8.7 9.0 9.0 6.7 9.0 8.7 9.0 7.6 PIPER (PPG-AP-MTV2) 7.7 8.3 9.0 8.0 8.3 98.3 99.0 99.0 5.0 5.3 6.0 6.3 7.7 8.7 9.0 8.0 9.0 8.7 9.0 7.5 OAKLEY (PPG-AP-MTV1) 8.3 8.3 9.0 8.0 8.3 68.3 99.0 99.0 5.3 5.3 5.3 7.0 8.3 9.0 9.0 7.0 7.7 8.0 9.0 7.4 DECLARATION 8.7 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.7 98.3 98.3 99.0 5.3 5.3 5.7 6.7 7.7 8.0 9.0 7.0 8.7 8.7 8.7 7.3 PST-0DSF 9.0 8.7 8.7 9.0 9.0 97.3 96.0 99.0 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.7 8.0 8.7 9.0 8.7 9.0 8.3 8.7 7.3 PENN A-1 8.7 8.0 8.0 8.3 8.3 97.7 98.3 99.0 4.3 4.3 5.7 5.0 8.0 8.7 9.0 7.3 9.0 9.0 9.0 7.2 PIRANHA 8.3 8.0 8.3 8.7 8.7 95.3 99.0 99.0 4.3 4.7 4.7 5.3 8.0 8.7 9.0 7.3 9.0 9.0 9.0 7.2 S1 8.3 8.3 8.7 8.0 8.3 96.0 99.0 99.0 5.3 4.3 4.3 5.0 8.0 8.7 9.0 8.0 9.0 8.7 8.7 7.2 BARRACUDA 8.0 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.0 95.0 99.0 99.0 4.3 4.3 4.3 5.0 8.3 8.7 9.0 7.0 9.0 8.7 9.0 7.1 L-93 XD 7.7 8.3 8.7 8.3 8.3 97.0 99.0 99.0 4.7 4.3 4.7 5.3 8.0 9.0 9.0 7.3 8.3 9.0 8.7 7.1 PSU-CBG3 8.3 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.7 96.0 99.0 99.0 4.3 4.3 4.3 5.3 8.3 9.0 9.0 8.7 7.0 8.7 8.0 7.0 PST-0HR 7.7 8.7 8.3 8.7 8.3 96.7 99.0 98.7 4.7 4.0 4.3 5.0 7.7 9.0 9.0 7.7 7.7 8.3 7.7 6.8 PSU-CBG2 8.0 8.7 9.0 9.0 7.7 94.3 99.0 98.3 4.3 4.3 5.3 5.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 7.7 7.0 6.7 7.7 6.7 PSU-CBG1 8.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 7.7 94.7 99.0 98.7 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.7 7.3 9.0 9.0 7.0 7.3 7.0 7.0 6.5 PENNCROSS 8.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.3 96.0 77.7 98.7 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.7 7.3 7.3 7.3 9.0 7.3 6.7 5.8 LSD VALUE 1.3 0.8 0.5 0.6 2.5 35.8 4.8 1.0 1.1 0.7 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.8 0.3 3.6 3.6 1.7 1.6 0.6 C.V. (%) 7.7 6.0 4.0 4.7 11.1 12.3 3.1 0.3 13.2 9.7 15.8 13.4 9.0 4.9 2.1 15.3 14.6 9.7 9.5 5.1 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 7. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS IN THE (CONT'D) 2020 NATIONAL BENTGRASS (GREENS) TEST AT RALEIGH, NC 1/ 2024 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ UNIFORMITY DOLLAR SPOT RATINGS JANUARY-NOVEMBER BROWN PATCH WARM TEMP PYTHIUM ROOT ROT NAME OCT 4 JAN 3 FEB 2 MAR 4 OCT 4 NOV 8 JULY 15 JULY 22 SEPT 20 JULY 22 AUG 2 TILLINGHAST (DLF-AP-3084) 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 8.3 8.3 6.0 8.3 8.7 SPECTRUM (LNS 19) 8.3 8.3 7.7 8.3 9.0 8.7 7.7 6.3 6.7 9.0 8.0 CY-4 8.0 7.7 8.0 8.7 9.0 9.0 7.3 6.0 5.0 7.7 8.7 PVF-PV-2 8.3 6.7 7.0 7.0 9.0 9.0 8.0 7.3 9.0 8.7 8.7 PVF-PV-1 8.0 6.3 6.7 6.7 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.3 9.0 8.3 8.7 007XL 8.0 6.3 6.0 6.7 9.0 9.0 7.0 8.0 8.3 7.3 7.3 PIPER (PPG-AP-MTV2) 7.7 6.0 6.3 6.7 8.7 9.0 8.0 5.7 6.0 8.3 8.7 OAKLEY (PPG-AP-MTV1) 8.0 6.3 6.3 6.7 8.7 8.7 7.3 7.7 7.7 8.0 7.7 DECLARATION 7.3 6.0 5.7 6.7 9.0 8.7 6.3 5.7 6.0 8.7 8.7 PST-0DSF 8.0 4.7 5.0 5.3 9.0 9.0 7.3 7.3 7.7 8.3 9.0 PENN A-1 7.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 8.7 8.7 8.3 6.3 6.0 8.3 9.0 PIRANHA 8.7 4.7 5.0 5.0 9.0 9.0 8.3 6.7 7.7 8.7 8.7 S1 8.0 4.7 4.7 4.7 8.7 8.3 7.3 8.3 7.3 7.7 8.0 BARRACUDA 7.7 4.3 4.3 4.3 9.0 9.0 7.7 6.7 6.0 8.3 9.0 L-93 XD 8.0 4.7 4.7 4.7 9.0 9.0 8.3 7.7 7.3 8.3 8.3 PSU-CBG3 7.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 8.3 8.3 9.0 8.7 8.0 9.0 9.0 PST-0HR 8.0 4.3 4.3 4.3 8.0 8.3 8.3 7.3 9.0 9.0 9.0 PSU-CBG2 6.7 4.3 4.3 4.3 8.3 8.7 8.3 7.7 7.3 8.3 8.7 PSU-CBG1 7.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 7.3 7.0 7.7 6.3 6.7 8.7 9.0 PENNCROSS 5.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 7.7 7.3 7.0 7.0 5.7 7.3 8.7 LSD VALUE 1.8 1.3 1.2 1.4 2.0 1.2 4.9 7.1 6.4 3.0 1.0 C.V. (%) 11.1 14.7 13.6 14.9 8.6 7.0 18.5 28.4 29.8 11.3 5.9 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 7. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS IN THE (CONT'D) 2020 NATIONAL BENTGRASS (GREENS) TEST AT RALEIGH, NC 1/ 2024 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ SUMMER SCALPING ALGAE ALGAE ALGAE ALGAE POA ANNUA INVASION NAME JULY 22 AUG 2 MARCH 4 APRIL 4 MAY 1 OCT 4 APRIL 4 MAY 1 TILLINGHAST (DLF-AP-3084) 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.3 9.0 0.0 0.0 SPECTRUM (LNS 19) 9.0 9.0 8.3 8.3 8.7 9.0 0.0 0.3 CY-4 9.0 9.0 8.7 8.7 7.7 9.0 0.7 1.3 PVF-PV-2 9.0 8.7 8.7 8.3 8.0 9.0 0.0 0.3 PVF-PV-1 9.0 9.0 8.7 8.7 8.3 9.0 0.0 0.0 007XL 7.3 7.0 8.0 8.7 8.7 9.0 0.0 0.0 PIPER (PPG-AP-MTV2) 8.7 8.7 8.7 9.0 8.7 9.0 0.0 0.0 OAKLEY (PPG-AP-MTV1) 7.7 7.0 8.3 8.7 8.3 8.7 0.0 0.3 DECLARATION 9.0 9.0 8.7 8.3 7.0 8.3 3.0 5.0 PST-0DSF 8.3 9.0 8.3 8.0 6.7 8.7 4.3 4.3 PENN A-1 9.0 8.7 8.3 8.3 8.3 9.0 4.7 5.3 PIRANHA 7.3 7.0 7.7 7.7 7.3 9.0 0.0 0.3 S1 7.3 8.0 7.7 7.7 7.3 9.0 0.3 0.7 BARRACUDA 6.7 7.3 7.7 7.7 8.3 9.0 0.7 1.7 L-93 XD 7.7 7.7 7.3 8.0 7.3 9.0 1.0 0.7 PSU-CBG3 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.7 8.7 9.0 0.7 0.7 PST-0HR 8.7 8.0 8.3 8.3 7.7 9.0 0.0 0.0 PSU-CBG2 9.0 8.7 9.0 8.7 8.0 9.0 0.3 0.3 PSU-CBG1 8.3 8.7 8.3 8.3 6.3 9.0 0.3 0.0 PENNCROSS 9.0 8.3 8.7 7.3 5.3 9.0 30.0 31.7 LSD VALUE 4.5 2.8 1.5 1.3 2.0 0.9 2.4 3.0 C.V. (%) 16.9 13.1 7.4 6.8 12.8 3.4 71.7 76.6 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. 2024 LOCATIONS, SITE DESCRIPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE 2020 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 NC1 SILTY CLAY LOAM 6.1-6.5 61-150 0-150 3.1-4.0 FULL SUN 2.1-2.5 TO PREVENT STRESS