TABLE 15. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT AT TEN LOCATIONS IN THE TRANSITION ZONE 1/ 1996 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IL2 KS1 KY1 MD1 MO1 MO3 NC1 OK1 UB1 VA1 MEAN ZPS-2572 6.4 6.8 7.3 5.7 4.5 7.2 6.3 6.5 6.9 4.2 6.2 J-1576 5.9 6.3 7.8 5.4 4.4 6.5 5.9 7.0 7.1 4.7 6.1 MIDNIGHT 6.5 7.0 7.5 5.0 4.4 7.0 5.8 6.5 6.8 4.4 6.1 UNIQUE 5.9 5.8 7.4 5.7 5.0 6.7 5.4 6.9 5.8 5.9 6.0 PST-B3-180 6.5 7.0 7.2 5.5 4.7 6.3 6.0 6.4 5.7 5.1 6.0 PST-BO-141 6.7 6.1 7.1 5.7 4.3 6.3 6.5 6.4 5.3 5.8 6.0 NUGLADE 5.3 6.4 7.3 5.5 4.5 6.9 5.8 7.3 7.0 4.0 6.0 TOTAL ECLIPSE (TCR-1738) 5.3 6.7 8.0 5.2 4.1 7.2 5.4 6.2 7.3 4.1 6.0 QUANTUM LEAP (J-1567) 5.7 6.4 7.5 5.3 4.8 6.4 5.7 5.9 7.0 4.7 5.9 ODYSSEY (J-1561) 5.2 6.3 7.2 5.4 3.9 6.9 6.1 6.8 6.8 4.8 5.9 AWARD 5.3 6.4 7.3 5.8 4.4 7.0 5.6 6.5 6.3 4.5 5.9 BARONIE 5.7 5.8 7.4 5.7 5.5 6.3 5.4 6.7 4.5 5.8 5.9 AMERICA 6.5 5.8 7.0 5.7 4.4 6.4 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.9 PICK 8 6.8 5.7 6.6 5.6 4.6 6.6 5.7 6.5 5.4 5.5 5.9 BLACKSBURG 6.2 6.7 6.0 6.0 5.6 6.5 5.4 5.8 5.5 5.1 5.9 PST-B2-42 6.3 6.3 7.3 4.8 4.5 6.3 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.2 5.9 GLADE 5.7 6.2 7.5 5.6 4.8 6.1 5.7 6.0 6.0 4.7 5.8 ABSOLUTE (MED-1497) 5.3 5.7 6.6 5.8 5.0 7.0 5.7 6.4 6.4 4.4 5.8 HAGA 6.2 5.7 7.2 6.0 4.7 5.8 5.1 6.8 5.1 5.8 5.8 RUGBY II (MED-18) 5.3 6.2 7.0 5.4 4.2 6.9 5.3 6.5 6.3 5.0 5.8 PST-638 7.1 6.2 5.8 5.7 4.4 6.7 5.6 6.1 5.6 4.7 5.8 JEFFERSON 5.2 6.0 7.6 5.0 4.8 6.3 5.5 6.2 5.3 5.5 5.7 CHICAGO (J-2582) 5.7 5.9 7.0 5.7 4.6 6.0 5.1 6.2 6.1 4.9 5.7 EXPLORER (PICK-3561) 5.7 5.5 7.1 5.7 5.2 5.9 5.2 6.2 6.3 4.3 5.7 CHATEAU 6.0 5.1 6.8 5.9 5.4 6.3 4.7 6.8 4.4 5.6 5.7 PST-A418 6.6 5.8 6.0 5.2 4.5 7.0 5.7 6.2 5.1 4.8 5.7 COVENTRY 6.4 5.8 6.5 5.6 4.9 6.6 5.0 6.3 5.1 4.6 5.7 SR 2000 5.4 6.2 6.8 5.0 4.3 7.0 5.5 6.8 5.3 4.5 5.7 ALLURE 5.9 5.7 7.3 6.0 5.3 6.4 4.5 5.8 4.9 5.0 5.7 FORTUNA 5.8 5.7 7.5 5.4 5.1 6.0 5.3 5.6 5.2 5.0 5.7 BA 81-058 5.8 6.1 7.1 5.1 4.0 6.4 5.2 6.5 5.3 5.0 5.7 LIMOUSINE 5.3 6.0 6.5 5.9 5.1 6.3 4.6 5.6 6.8 4.4 5.7 WILDWOOD 6.4 6.3 6.4 5.4 5.0 6.3 4.6 6.4 5.6 4.1 5.6 PST-P46 6.1 6.9 6.7 5.8 4.6 6.5 4.6 5.6 5.3 4.2 5.6 CONNI 5.7 5.6 6.4 5.8 6.1 6.3 5.3 5.7 4.7 4.6 5.6 RAMBO (J-2579) 5.7 5.4 7.0 5.1 5.1 6.1 5.3 6.8 6.0 3.5 5.6 LIVINGSTON 6.1 5.5 6.9 5.0 4.9 6.1 5.4 6.2 4.3 5.8 5.6 ARCADIA (J-1936) 4.9 6.1 6.8 5.5 4.1 6.5 5.8 6.3 6.3 3.8 5.6 PRINCETON 105 4.9 5.6 6.3 6.0 4.2 6.3 5.6 6.0 5.6 5.3 5.6 RAVEN 6.5 5.3 6.8 5.7 4.7 6.3 4.5 5.7 4.5 5.6 5.6 PST-A7-245A 5.8 4.8 6.6 5.6 5.0 6.6 5.0 6.1 5.1 4.7 5.5 ECLIPSE 5.7 5.1 7.5 6.0 4.3 6.0 4.9 6.5 5.5 4.0 5.5 LTP-621 5.7 6.0 6.0 5.6 4.0 5.9 5.2 5.8 5.0 6.0 5.5 HV 130 6.2 5.5 6.0 5.8 4.5 6.1 5.4 6.3 5.1 4.2 5.5 BA 73-373 5.5 5.8 7.0 5.8 4.4 6.1 5.2 6.0 4.7 4.5 5.5 J-1555 5.7 5.7 6.9 5.6 4.1 5.8 5.3 6.5 5.4 3.9 5.5 NJ-GD 5.5 5.4 5.8 5.3 4.1 6.1 5.7 6.4 5.2 5.3 5.5 MARQUIS 5.3 5.3 7.0 5.7 4.8 5.9 5.0 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.5 BARON 5.6 5.6 6.7 5.8 4.6 6.0 5.4 5.5 4.5 5.0 5.5 SEABRING (BA 79-260) 5.5 5.2 7.1 5.2 4.7 6.3 5.7 6.0 5.5 3.6 5.5 BA 81-220 6.0 5.2 6.7 5.9 4.7 5.9 4.9 5.5 4.4 5.5 5.5 PST-A7-60 5.9 5.6 6.5 5.4 5.3 6.0 5.9 5.5 5.0 3.8 5.5 DRAGON (ZPS-429) 5.5 5.3 6.9 5.6 4.8 5.8 6.5 6.1 3.3 4.8 5.5 BA 75-173 5.8 5.5 6.9 5.7 4.6 6.2 5.1 6.0 4.2 4.8 5.5 GOLDRUSH (BA 87-102) 6.1 5.5 6.8 5.8 4.9 6.3 5.1 5.5 4.3 4.4 5.5 A88-744 6.3 5.7 5.9 5.2 3.7 6.1 6.1 6.0 4.8 5.0 5.5 NUSTAR 5.6 5.5 6.7 5.1 5.0 5.8 5.1 6.3 5.0 4.5 5.5 BA 81-270 6.0 5.4 6.5 5.3 4.9 6.5 4.4 6.0 4.6 4.9 5.5 BA 77-702 6.1 5.0 6.6 5.6 4.4 6.0 4.7 5.6 4.7 5.7 5.5 ZPS-2183 6.7 5.8 5.3 5.5 4.7 6.0 5.4 6.0 5.0 4.0 5.5 NIMBUS 5.6 5.2 6.7 5.8 5.1 5.9 4.7 5.9 4.3 5.4 5.4 CALIBER 5.3 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.0 6.0 5.1 6.0 5.5 4.5 5.4 BLUECHIP (MED-1991) 6.2 4.5 6.8 5.4 4.1 5.8 5.0 6.2 5.1 5.2 5.4 BAR VB 5649 5.7 5.0 6.0 5.5 5.2 6.0 4.8 6.4 5.1 4.4 5.4 CHALLENGER 5.5 5.6 6.7 5.1 4.8 6.3 5.2 6.0 5.0 3.9 5.4 ZPS-309 5.5 5.8 5.2 5.4 5.6 6.1 4.8 6.4 4.8 4.7 5.4 PLATINI 4.9 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.3 5.9 4.9 6.0 5.9 4.2 5.4 VB 16015 4.0 6.2 7.6 4.9 4.6 6.7 6.5 5.9 4.9 2.8 5.4 SRX 2205 6.1 5.5 6.3 5.7 5.3 6.0 4.8 5.7 4.0 4.4 5.4 SR 2100 5.2 5.3 6.0 5.7 4.6 6.2 5.0 6.3 4.5 4.9 5.4 NJ 1190 6.0 5.8 5.3 5.1 4.6 6.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 4.4 5.4 ABBEY 6.2 5.6 6.4 5.2 4.4 6.0 5.4 5.5 3.8 5.1 5.4 PST-BO-165 5.1 5.3 6.8 5.0 5.4 6.5 4.7 5.8 4.9 4.1 5.4 BARTITIA 5.7 6.0 5.1 5.4 5.4 6.0 5.0 6.2 5.5 3.2 5.4 BA 70-060 5.3 5.3 7.0 5.1 4.2 6.1 5.1 5.7 4.1 5.4 5.3 BAR VB 233 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.2 6.0 5.0 6.2 4.9 4.3 5.3 SR 2109 5.7 5.7 6.4 5.2 3.3 5.5 5.2 5.9 5.7 4.6 5.3 MED-1580 5.2 5.5 6.3 5.7 5.3 5.8 4.8 5.9 4.1 4.6 5.3 CLASSIC 1.0 5.7 7.3 5.6 5.3 5.9 5.6 6.6 4.9 5.3 5.3 BA 81-113 5.8 4.5 7.0 5.2 4.4 6.0 4.2 6.0 4.1 5.8 5.3 BA 81-227 6.3 5.2 5.9 5.0 4.3 6.0 5.0 6.1 4.5 4.3 5.3 LKB-95 5.1 5.4 6.4 5.9 5.0 5.8 5.1 5.5 5.0 3.4 5.3 BA 75-490 5.2 6.1 5.3 5.6 4.2 6.2 5.5 6.7 3.0 4.9 5.3 ASCOT 5.1 5.7 6.1 5.3 4.3 6.4 5.1 5.5 5.6 3.3 5.2 NJ-54 5.7 4.9 6.2 5.6 5.3 6.0 5.0 5.8 3.6 4.2 5.2 BAR VB 3115B 6.0 5.1 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.7 4.4 6.0 4.8 4.6 5.2 SHAMROCK 6.1 5.5 5.7 5.0 4.2 6.1 5.0 5.5 4.6 4.1 5.2 HV 242 4.7 5.2 4.8 5.8 5.0 5.5 4.6 5.6 5.5 4.1 5.1 LIPOA 5.0 5.5 5.0 4.5 4.8 5.5 4.9 6.0 6.3 3.4 5.1 BA 75-163 5.4 5.4 6.5 5.5 3.2 6.0 4.9 6.0 4.0 3.8 5.1 MISTY (BA 76-372) 4.9 4.0 6.2 5.0 3.6 6.0 5.1 6.6 5.3 3.5 5.0 PICK-855 5.0 5.2 5.9 5.3 3.9 5.8 5.0 5.7 3.5 4.5 5.0 SIDEKICK 4.4 5.0 6.8 5.0 3.6 6.0 4.7 5.7 3.4 5.1 5.0 COMPACT 4.0 5.4 4.7 5.8 4.3 5.6 4.7 5.5 4.9 4.9 5.0 LTP-620 5.3 5.1 5.8 5.1 3.3 5.9 4.5 5.7 4.4 4.2 4.9 CARDIFF 4.9 5.4 5.1 4.4 4.0 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.7 3.7 4.9 H86-690 4.4 5.7 5.8 5.1 3.9 5.7 5.3 5.4 4.1 3.5 4.9 BA 76-197 4.1 4.4 5.9 5.5 4.0 5.3 4.4 5.4 4.3 4.8 4.8 KENBLUE 5.3 5.0 4.7 5.8 4.8 5.6 4.5 5.8 1.9 4.6 4.8 SODNET 3.5 4.2 5.5 4.6 4.1 5.7 5.1 5.3 5.6 3.5 4.7 BARUZO 4.0 5.1 5.3 4.8 4.4 5.5 4.9 5.5 3.8 3.8 4.7 BAR VB 6820 3.3 3.3 5.0 4.5 3.8 5.6 4.6 5.6 5.0 4.2 4.5 PEPAYA (DP 37-192) 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.7 5.8 4.4 5.7 3.9 3.4 4.4 LSD VALUE 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.3 C.V. (%) 13.3 10.1 8.3 9.8 13.7 5.4 11.9 9.1 13.0 12.9 10.7 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 MEANS IN EACH COLUMN.