TABLE 8A.                           PERCENT GREEN COVER AND OTHER RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS WITH 50% OF ETo                                      
                                   IN THE 2022 NATIONAL COOL-SEASON WATER USE/DROUGHT TOLERANCE TEST AT ST. PAUL, MN   1/                                 
                                                                        2023 DATA                                                                         

                                                    TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                  

                         PERCENT GREEN COVER RATINGS DURING THE DROUGHT PERIOD (JULY-SEPTEMBER) AND RECOVERY PERIOD (SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER)

NAME                  7/7     7/10     7/14     7/24     7/31     8/6      8/14     8/21     8/28     9/5      9/11     9/18     9/25     10/2    10/19                                                                                                                                         

PPG FRC 127     FF   99.0     98.7     98.3     98.3     97.7     96.7     98.3     97.7     97.7     94.7     96.0     96.7     97.7     97.7     99.0   
COMPASS II      FF   99.0     99.0     98.0     97.3     97.0     95.3     98.0     97.0     97.3     92.7     95.0     95.7     96.7     97.0     99.0   
GLADIATOR       FF   98.3     98.0     96.7     96.0     96.3     93.0     96.7     94.3     94.7     87.7     88.7     91.3     94.0     94.3     98.3   
NAVIGATOR II    FF   95.3     93.0     93.0     92.3     92.3     92.7     97.3     95.3     95.0     89.7     91.3     91.7     93.0     94.0     98.0   

LSD VALUE             0.6      1.0      1.3      2.9      2.2      1.4      1.2      1.4      0.9      4.5      7.8      5.0      3.3      2.7      1.3   
C.V. (%)              0.3      0.5      0.7      1.5      1.2      0.7      0.6      0.7      0.5      2.4      3.9      2.5      1.7      1.3      0.6   

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 8A.                            PERCENT GREEN COVER AND OTHER RATINGS OF FINELEAF FESCUE CULTIVARS WITH 50% OF ETo                                      
(CONT'D)                            IN THE 2022 NATIONAL COOL-SEASON WATER USE/DROUGHT TOLERANCE TEST AT ST. PAUL, MN   1/                                 
                                                                         2023 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
                                 QUALITY RATINGS DURING THE DROUGHT PERIOD (JULY-SEPTEMBER) AND RECOVERY PERIOD (SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER) 
                                              
NAME                   7/17     7/26      7/31       8/7       8/14      8/21      8/29      9/5       9/11      9/18      9/25      10/2     10/17   MEAN                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
PPG FRC 127     FF     6.3       6.3       7.0       6.0       6.3       6.7       6.3       6.0       6.0       6.3       6.0       7.0       7.3     6.4 
COMPASS II      FF     5.7       5.7       6.7       5.3       5.7       6.0       5.7       5.3       5.7       5.7       5.3       6.0       6.3     5.8 
GLADIATOR       FF     5.3       5.0       6.0       4.7       5.0       5.3       5.0       4.3       4.3       5.0       5.0       5.3       5.7     5.1 
NAVIGATOR II    FF     4.7       4.3       5.7       5.0       5.3       5.7       5.0       4.7       4.3       5.0       4.3       5.0       5.3     4.9 

LSD VALUE              1.3       1.1       0.9       1.8       1.8       1.8       0.8       1.2       1.0       1.2       2.1       1.2       1.2     1.1 
C.V. (%)              10.9      10.4       7.0      15.2      14.3      13.5       6.8      10.9       9.3      10.1      18.0       9.9       9.4     9.4 
 
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.