TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER LOW INPUT AT EIGHTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1/ 1998 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IA1 IL1 KY1 MI1 MO1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 OH1 OK1 ON1 PA1 QE1 RI1 UB1 UT1 VA1 WA1 MEAN BAR VB 3115B 6.2 5.2 6.1 6.0 5.0 4.2 6.2 3.9 7.8 4.3 8.5 5.4 5.6 5.6 4.7 4.7 3.5 3.8 5.4 * EAGLETON 5.8 4.5 5.8 4.0 4.6 4.1 6.0 4.0 8.0 4.7 8.4 6.5 6.0 5.2 4.1 4.8 3.0 4.0 5.2 * BARONIE 5.2 4.3 7.7 5.2 4.2 4.3 6.0 3.6 7.2 6.3 8.6 5.4 6.4 4.9 3.2 4.9 2.6 3.1 5.2 * NORTH STAR (PST-A7-60) 5.1 4.5 6.4 4.5 5.5 4.0 4.9 3.3 7.7 4.3 8.4 5.4 5.3 6.9 2.9 6.4 2.8 4.6 5.2 * CANTERBURY 5.7 4.7 7.2 5.2 4.3 4.2 5.7 2.9 7.5 5.0 8.3 5.4 6.1 4.4 3.5 4.2 2.6 3.6 5.0 * BARON 5.2 4.2 6.7 4.7 5.0 4.6 5.7 3.3 7.3 4.1 8.4 5.4 5.7 4.4 4.0 4.3 2.9 4.4 5.0 * CALIBER 6.0 4.7 5.9 5.1 5.0 4.4 5.3 3.1 7.5 4.3 7.6 5.1 6.2 5.2 3.4 4.3 3.4 3.5 5.0 * BARTITIA 5.8 4.3 6.0 4.7 5.6 3.9 5.3 4.0 7.8 3.1 8.3 5.7 5.9 4.8 3.0 4.7 2.4 3.8 5.0 * DRAGON (ZPS-429) 4.8 4.4 7.3 4.1 4.5 4.4 5.7 3.3 7.5 4.7 8.3 5.2 5.9 5.5 3.2 3.8 2.8 3.4 4.9 MTT 683 5.0 4.3 5.9 5.1 5.5 4.5 4.0 3.2 7.7 3.0 8.2 5.8 5.5 4.3 3.3 5.6 2.5 4.4 4.9 BH 95-199 5.2 3.8 6.3 4.8 4.7 4.7 6.1 3.7 7.5 3.9 8.1 5.5 5.7 4.6 2.9 4.2 2.6 3.6 4.9 BAR VB 5649 5.3 4.2 4.5 5.6 4.7 4.1 5.1 3.5 7.7 3.6 7.9 5.1 6.0 5.4 3.3 4.4 3.2 3.6 4.9 * BLUE STAR 5.1 4.1 6.2 4.8 4.6 4.2 5.5 3.4 7.3 3.4 8.5 5.1 5.7 4.3 3.3 4.5 2.6 4.4 4.8 * SOUTH DAKOTA 5.7 4.7 5.0 4.7 5.2 4.3 4.1 2.8 7.1 3.6 8.4 5.0 6.0 4.7 4.4 3.6 3.2 3.2 4.8 PST-B9-196 4.6 4.2 6.4 4.5 4.3 4.4 5.9 3.1 7.6 4.7 8.4 5.2 5.0 3.7 3.6 3.6 2.7 3.3 4.7 BAR VB 233 5.3 4.6 3.0 4.6 4.5 4.7 5.0 3.3 7.8 4.2 8.2 5.3 6.0 4.9 3.3 3.8 2.5 3.9 4.7 * KENBLUE 5.6 4.3 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.0 4.1 2.7 6.8 4.4 8.2 4.9 5.4 4.9 4.3 4.1 3.3 2.9 4.7 * BARUZO 4.8 4.2 4.7 4.0 5.1 4.3 4.5 2.8 7.3 2.5 8.2 5.2 6.5 3.4 3.2 6.1 3.3 3.6 4.7 VB 16015 4.8 4.0 6.3 4.3 4.0 4.3 5.4 2.6 7.3 3.3 8.6 4.9 5.3 4.1 3.2 4.2 2.7 4.0 4.6 BAR VB 6820 3.9 4.5 3.1 4.2 4.9 4.0 4.6 2.8 7.5 2.6 8.2 5.2 5.5 4.6 3.4 5.8 2.6 4.7 4.6 * LIPOA 4.5 4.4 3.9 4.0 5.2 4.3 4.9 3.0 7.5 2.6 7.8 5.1 5.2 4.4 3.4 5.2 2.4 3.6 4.5 LSD VALUE 1.2 0.6 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.5 1.9 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.0 0.6 1.1 0.4 0.6 0.2 C.V. (%) 14.0 8.4 14.9 19.0 14.4 14.6 7.6 15.7 4.3 29.6 3.7 6.7 12.1 13.5 11.5 14.5 7.9 10.5 12.7 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 1999. 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.