TABLE 5. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER LOW INPUT AT TEN LOCATIONS USING 0.0-1.0 LBS. OF NITROGEN/1000 SQ. FT./YEAR 1/ 1998 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IA1 IL1 MI1 NC1 NE1 NJ1 OH1 QE1 UB1 VA1 MEAN BAR VB 3115B 6.2 5.2 6.0 4.2 6.2 3.9 7.8 5.6 4.7 3.5 5.3 EAGLETON 5.8 4.5 4.0 4.1 6.0 4.0 8.0 6.0 4.1 3.0 5.0 CALIBER 6.0 4.7 5.1 4.4 5.3 3.1 7.5 6.2 3.4 3.4 4.9 BAR VB 5649 5.3 4.2 5.6 4.1 5.1 3.5 7.7 6.0 3.3 3.2 4.8 CANTERBURY 5.7 4.7 5.2 4.2 5.7 2.9 7.5 6.1 3.5 2.6 4.8 BARONIE 5.2 4.3 5.2 4.3 6.0 3.6 7.2 6.4 3.2 2.6 4.8 BARON 5.2 4.2 4.7 4.6 5.7 3.3 7.3 5.7 4.0 2.9 4.7 BARTITIA 5.8 4.3 4.7 3.9 5.3 4.0 7.8 5.9 3.0 2.4 4.7 BAR VB 233 5.3 4.6 4.6 4.7 5.0 3.3 7.8 6.0 3.3 2.5 4.7 BH 95-199 5.2 3.8 4.8 4.7 6.1 3.7 7.5 5.7 2.9 2.6 4.7 SOUTH DAKOTA 5.7 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.1 2.8 7.1 6.0 4.4 3.2 4.7 DRAGON (ZPS-429) 4.8 4.4 4.1 4.4 5.7 3.3 7.5 5.9 3.2 2.8 4.6 BLUE STAR 5.1 4.1 4.8 4.2 5.5 3.4 7.3 5.7 3.3 2.6 4.6 PST-B9-196 4.6 4.2 4.5 4.4 5.9 3.1 7.6 5.0 3.6 2.7 4.5 KENBLUE 5.6 4.3 4.7 4.0 4.1 2.7 6.8 5.4 4.3 3.3 4.5 MTT 683 5.0 4.3 5.1 4.5 4.0 3.2 7.7 5.5 3.3 2.5 4.5 BARUZO 4.8 4.2 4.0 4.3 4.5 2.8 7.3 6.5 3.2 3.3 4.5 NORTH STAR (PST-A7-60) 5.1 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.9 3.3 7.7 5.3 2.9 2.8 4.5 VB 16015 4.8 4.0 4.3 4.3 5.4 2.6 7.3 5.3 3.2 2.7 4.4 LIPOA 4.5 4.4 4.0 4.3 4.9 3.0 7.5 5.2 3.4 2.4 4.4 BAR VB 6820 3.9 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.6 2.8 7.5 5.5 3.4 2.6 4.3 LSD VALUE 1.2 0.6 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.3 C.V. (%) 14.0 8.4 19.0 14.6 7.6 15.7 4.3 12.1 11.5 7.9 11.9 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.