TABLE 41. SOD STRENGTH RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER MEDIUM/HIGH INPUT 1/ 2/ 1996 DATA SOD STRENGTH MEASURED IN KILOGRAMS APPROXIMATELY 12 MOS. AFTER SEEDING 3/ NAME MD1 NE1 NAME MD1 NE1 NAME MD1 NE1 A88-744 16.7 16.7 GOLDRUSH (BA 87-102) 19.7 16.7 SEABRING (BA 79-260) 13.0 21.5 ABBEY 17.0 18.0 H86-690 17.0 17.0 SHAMROCK 16.0 31.0 ABSOLUTE (MED-1497) 21.3 18.7 HAGA 16.3 26.0 SIDEKICK 15.7 11.3 ALLURE 20.7 12.3 HV 130 16.7 20.0 SODNET 12.3 17.0 AMERICA 26.0 25.7 HV 242 13.7 19.3 SR 2000 19.0 16.7 ARCADIA (J-1936) 23.7 24.0 J-1555 23.0 20.3 SR 2100 17.3 30.7 ASCOT 14.3 23.7 J-1576 26.3 29.3 SR 2109 19.0 19.7 AWARD 22.0 22.0 JEFFERSON 19.3 28.0 SRX 2205 19.0 33.7 BA 70-060 21.0 25.0 KENBLUE 14.0 20.0 TOTAL ECLIPSE (TCR-1738) 21.7 21.7 BA 73-373 23.3 23.7 LIMOUSINE 15.7 20.0 UNIQUE 22.3 22.3 BA 75-163 12.7 15.3 LIPOA 15.0 16.0 VB 16015 20.7 18.0 BA 75-173 20.7 13.3 LIVINGSTON 20.0 18.7 WILDWOOD 14.7 21.7 BA 75-490 14.0 36.3 LKB-95 17.7 20.7 ZPS-2183 23.0 18.7 BA 76-197 14.3 18.3 LTP-620 15.0 26.7 ZPS-2572 30.3 30.3 BA 77-702 20.7 17.3 LTP-621 18.3 26.0 ZPS-309 15.7 21.0 BA 81-058 16.7 18.0 MARQUIS 19.0 15.7 BA 81-113 18.3 12.0 MED-1580 18.0 32.7 LSD VALUE 5.4 19.8 BA 81-220 18.0 21.7 MIDNIGHT 21.0 18.3 BA 81-227 20.7 29.0 MISTY (BA 76-372) 13.7 22.0 CV (%) 17.9 57.0 BA 81-270 19.7 19.5 NIMBUS 19.0 25.7 BAR VB 233 16.0 15.3 NJ 1190 12.7 15.3 BAR VB 3115B 13.0 19.7 NJ-54 22.3 26.3 BAR VB 5649 17.3 12.7 NJ-GD 16.0 16.7 BAR VB 6820 20.0 19.3 NUGLADE 25.3 18.0 BARON 21.3 19.7 NUSTAR 19.0 18.0 BARONIE 22.0 21.7 ODYSSEY (J-1561) 22.7 27.3 BARTITIA 17.3 33.3 PEPAYA (DP 37-192) 13.0 18.7 BARUZO 10.3 11.0 PICK 8 16.3 22.7 BLACKSBURG 19.7 16.7 PICK-855 14.0 24.3 BLUECHIP (MED-1991) 18.3 19.7 PLATINI 17.3 20.0 CALIBER 16.7 18.3 PRINCETON 105 28.7 30.0 CARDIFF 13.3 24.0 PST-638 27.3 30.3 CHALLENGER 15.3 7.7 PST-A418 22.0 24.3 CHATEAU 20.0 23.7 PST-A7-245A 21.7 22.0 CHICAGO (J-2582) 24.7 21.7 PST-A7-60 18.3 22.7 CLASSIC 16.7 17.7 PST-B2-42 21.3 24.3 COMPACT 15.3 21.7 PST-B3-180 21.3 26.3 CONNI 20.7 20.3 PST-BO-141 26.7 33.3 COVENTRY 22.0 30.7 PST-BO-165 18.3 17.0 DRAGON (ZPS-429) 25.3 22.0 PST-P46 16.0 24.3 ECLIPSE 17.3 18.0 QUANTUM LEAP (J-1567) 19.3 24.7 EXPLORER (PICK-3561) 19.0 25.3 RAMBO (J-2579) 14.3 11.7 FORTUNA 16.7 25.0 RAVEN 19.7 23.7 GLADE 21.7 20.3 RUGBY II (MED-18) 22.0 24.0 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/ FUNDING RECEIVED FROM TURFGRASS PRODUCERS INTERNATIONAL (TPI) IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESEARCH. 3/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEANS IN EACH COLUMN.