TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF PERENNIAL RYEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT SIXTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1/ 1998 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AR1 IA1 IL1 IL2 KY1 MI1 NE1 NJ1 OK1 QE1 RI1 UB1 UB2 VA1 WA1 WA3 MEAN * PALMER III (LRF-94-MPRH) 5.5 6.1 5.5 5.5 7.3 6.5 6.1 6.3 5.7 7.0 6.6 5.0 4.7 5.1 6.8 6.7 6.0 * SECRETARIAT (RPBD) 6.4 6.6 5.0 4.8 7.5 6.5 6.9 5.8 5.6 7.1 6.1 5.5 4.6 5.4 6.3 6.0 6.0 * BRIGHTSTAR II (PST-2M3) 6.4 5.8 4.0 5.3 7.8 7.2 5.7 6.6 5.9 6.6 5.0 5.4 5.4 4.8 7.3 6.6 6.0 * CALYPSO II 5.3 5.8 5.0 6.5 7.3 6.6 6.8 5.8 5.4 6.2 5.3 5.8 5.4 4.7 6.7 6.6 5.9 * PENNANT II (MB 42) 7.6 6.2 4.4 5.9 7.8 6.5 6.7 6.0 5.3 6.9 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.7 7.0 6.2 5.9 * MONTEREY (J-1706) 5.4 6.5 5.4 5.6 7.3 6.5 6.2 5.7 4.7 6.7 6.3 4.5 6.0 5.0 6.6 6.3 5.9 * ACCENT 6.7 6.3 5.2 5.5 7.0 6.5 6.3 4.9 6.0 6.3 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.4 6.2 5.9 5.9 RADIANT (MB 44) 6.7 6.1 4.8 5.9 7.8 6.7 6.2 5.7 5.7 6.6 4.3 4.5 4.7 4.6 7.8 6.0 5.9 * CATALINA (PST-GH-94) 6.3 6.2 4.5 5.9 6.8 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.7 6.3 5.0 5.0 6.0 4.7 6.6 5.9 5.9 * LAREDO 5.2 6.2 4.7 6.2 7.0 6.5 6.0 5.1 6.0 6.8 4.8 5.6 6.4 4.6 6.5 6.4 5.9 * PREMIER II (BAR USA 94-II) 6.1 6.4 4.7 4.6 7.5 6.6 6.6 6.0 5.3 6.9 4.8 4.8 5.4 5.1 6.5 6.3 5.8 * CADDIESHACK (MED 5071) 6.3 6.3 4.2 5.3 7.3 6.5 6.1 5.2 5.9 6.3 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.0 6.3 5.7 5.8 * SONATA (PST-2R3) 5.1 6.3 6.0 6.2 7.1 6.5 6.5 5.0 4.9 7.0 5.0 5.1 5.5 5.0 6.5 5.6 5.8 * EDGE 5.6 6.4 5.1 6.0 7.5 6.5 5.8 4.8 5.8 6.8 5.5 4.1 5.3 5.7 6.3 6.2 5.8 * SR 4400 (SRX 4400) 5.4 6.5 5.7 5.1 7.2 6.3 6.6 4.5 6.3 6.8 5.4 4.7 5.3 5.6 5.9 5.9 5.8 * BLACKHAWK (TMI-EXFLP94) 6.0 6.4 5.6 5.0 7.5 6.5 5.8 5.1 6.3 6.7 5.5 4.0 5.3 5.2 6.1 6.0 5.8 * PRIZM 6.0 6.0 4.8 4.8 7.5 6.5 6.7 5.4 5.8 6.9 5.0 4.7 4.9 4.8 6.6 6.3 5.8 * SR 4200 5.8 6.0 5.3 4.8 7.3 6.5 6.1 5.2 5.8 6.9 6.1 4.1 4.8 5.5 6.5 6.1 5.8 * ACHIEVER 6.0 6.4 5.0 5.8 7.1 6.4 6.1 4.6 6.0 6.6 5.2 4.7 5.5 5.3 6.2 5.7 5.8 * PANTHER (ZPS-PR1) 4.9 6.2 5.3 4.5 7.1 6.4 6.4 6.1 5.7 6.7 5.6 4.4 5.3 4.7 6.6 6.3 5.8 * PRELUDE III (LRF-94-B6) 5.9 5.6 4.1 5.6 8.3 6.7 5.9 5.9 5.2 6.8 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 7.0 5.8 5.8 * LINE DRIVE (MB 47) 5.5 6.5 4.9 5.3 7.5 6.5 6.3 5.8 6.0 6.6 5.0 4.0 4.6 4.6 6.9 6.0 5.8 * ESQUIRE 6.0 6.1 4.6 4.9 7.5 6.6 6.3 5.5 5.8 6.5 5.0 5.0 5.1 4.8 6.2 5.6 5.7 * ASSURE 6.4 6.3 5.1 4.5 7.1 6.5 6.1 4.5 5.9 6.3 5.0 5.7 5.3 4.9 6.1 6.0 5.7 * DERBY SUPREME (ISI-MHB) 5.0 6.3 5.1 4.9 7.3 6.4 6.7 4.8 5.5 6.8 6.1 4.5 4.8 5.0 6.2 6.2 5.7 * SUNSHINE (PICK LP 102-92) 5.6 6.2 4.4 5.4 7.4 6.5 6.5 5.7 5.9 6.2 5.0 4.6 4.6 5.0 6.7 5.8 5.7 * MANHATTAN 3 4.8 6.4 5.0 5.6 7.3 6.5 5.7 5.8 5.6 6.5 4.8 4.0 5.5 4.9 6.9 5.9 5.7 * TOP GUN (J-1703) 6.0 5.9 4.7 5.6 7.4 6.5 5.9 5.2 5.2 6.4 5.0 4.6 5.8 5.3 6.2 5.8 5.7 LRF-94-C8 6.6 6.2 4.0 5.5 7.9 6.8 5.9 5.7 5.3 6.9 3.6 3.8 5.0 4.9 7.1 5.8 5.7 * MARDIGRAS (ZPS-2NV) 5.2 6.3 4.2 5.7 7.2 6.5 6.8 5.1 5.2 7.0 5.0 4.2 5.0 5.0 6.6 6.1 5.7 * PASSPORT (PST-2FF) 5.8 6.0 4.4 5.5 7.3 6.5 6.6 5.1 5.4 7.1 4.5 4.6 4.6 5.5 6.5 5.8 5.7 * TOP HAT 6.3 6.0 4.8 4.8 7.6 6.6 6.3 4.6 5.8 6.0 5.5 3.9 5.3 5.1 6.2 6.2 5.7 * WIND STAR (PST-28M) 5.1 6.3 5.6 5.0 6.6 6.4 5.8 5.2 5.4 7.0 5.0 4.9 5.3 5.3 6.2 5.7 5.7 * MAJESTY (MB 43) 6.8 6.1 4.6 5.2 7.5 6.5 6.7 5.5 5.4 6.9 3.4 4.5 4.7 4.4 6.8 5.8 5.7 * STALLION SUPREME (PSI-E-1) 6.5 6.0 4.8 5.6 7.1 6.3 5.8 4.2 5.7 6.4 5.4 5.0 4.6 5.2 6.2 5.7 5.7 * REPELL III (LRF-94-C7) 5.7 5.8 3.9 5.8 8.2 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.5 6.0 3.8 4.2 4.5 5.1 7.1 6.3 5.7 * SATURN II (ZPS-2ST) 5.8 6.3 4.5 4.9 7.0 6.5 6.3 4.9 5.5 6.8 5.2 4.7 4.6 5.1 6.3 5.9 5.6 ASCEND (MB 45) 5.6 6.3 4.4 5.6 7.6 6.8 6.2 5.9 5.0 6.9 3.4 4.2 4.7 4.4 7.0 5.9 5.6 * DIVINE 4.8 6.6 4.1 5.0 7.3 6.5 6.3 5.6 6.2 7.1 4.8 4.5 4.7 4.7 6.6 5.3 5.6 PS-D-9 5.5 6.2 4.5 5.2 7.1 6.4 5.8 4.7 5.8 6.5 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.3 6.0 5.9 5.6 * ASP400 (APR 106) 4.4 6.2 4.8 5.0 6.9 6.2 6.1 4.1 5.5 6.9 5.9 5.5 5.6 4.7 6.0 6.2 5.6 * RIVIERA II 6.2 6.1 5.1 4.8 7.1 6.4 6.5 4.9 5.5 6.7 4.1 4.0 5.0 5.1 6.6 5.8 5.6 * OMNI 5.4 6.2 5.0 3.5 7.2 6.5 5.9 5.7 5.4 6.6 5.7 5.4 4.4 4.6 6.4 5.9 5.6 * VIVID 6.1 6.3 5.0 5.4 6.8 6.4 5.9 4.8 5.8 6.5 4.5 3.8 5.2 5.1 6.4 5.5 5.6 * BUCCANEER II (WVPB 92-4) 6.2 6.3 5.1 4.9 6.7 6.3 5.9 4.2 5.8 7.2 5.1 4.4 4.4 5.4 5.7 5.7 5.6 * ACADEMY (PC-93-1) 5.5 6.1 5.4 5.6 7.0 6.5 5.9 4.3 5.7 6.7 5.4 3.6 4.8 5.5 6.1 5.3 5.6 * OMEGA3 (ZPS-2DR-94) 4.8 6.3 4.0 4.4 7.0 6.5 6.3 5.7 5.9 7.0 5.1 4.7 4.6 4.7 6.2 6.1 5.6 * BLAZER III (PICK 928) 5.4 6.2 4.8 4.3 6.9 6.4 6.2 5.3 4.9 6.1 4.8 5.6 5.2 4.9 6.4 5.9 5.6 KOOS 93-6 5.1 6.2 5.1 5.0 6.8 6.4 5.9 5.0 5.5 6.8 5.1 4.5 5.0 5.2 5.9 5.9 5.6 * BRIGHTSTAR 5.1 6.3 4.8 4.2 6.7 6.5 6.2 5.0 5.6 6.3 5.8 4.3 4.7 5.0 6.8 6.0 5.6 * SR 4010 (SRX 4010) 5.7 6.6 5.0 5.3 7.0 6.4 6.1 4.4 6.1 6.0 5.6 3.8 4.7 4.8 6.1 5.7 5.6 * MORNING STAR 5.2 5.9 5.3 5.3 7.3 6.5 5.6 4.6 6.1 7.0 4.9 3.7 4.0 6.0 6.2 5.8 5.6 TABLE 1. (CONT'D) MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF PERENNIAL RYEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT SIXTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA 1998 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME AR1 IA1 IL1 IL2 KY1 MI1 NE1 NJ1 OK1 QE1 RI1 UB1 UB2 VA1 WA1 WA3 MEAN MVF-4-1 5.4 5.9 5.0 4.8 6.7 6.5 6.3 4.7 5.7 6.4 5.2 4.3 5.4 5.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 WX3-93 5.2 6.4 5.1 4.5 6.8 6.5 5.9 5.3 5.6 6.7 4.9 4.8 4.4 5.0 6.4 5.7 5.6 * CUTTER 4.7 6.2 4.4 4.6 7.5 6.4 6.3 4.3 5.7 6.8 5.0 4.4 5.3 5.0 6.1 6.1 5.6 * WIZARD (MB 41) 6.6 6.4 4.1 4.5 7.4 6.5 6.1 5.0 5.8 7.2 4.1 4.3 3.9 4.6 6.4 5.8 5.5 * SPELL BOUND (WVPB-93-KFK) 5.2 6.4 4.9 5.0 7.1 6.5 6.2 4.4 5.7 6.8 5.3 3.8 4.4 4.7 6.2 5.9 5.5 * HEAD START (PICK PR 84-91) 5.2 5.8 4.5 5.0 7.0 6.4 6.2 4.7 5.5 6.2 4.7 5.5 5.2 4.4 6.4 5.8 5.5 * ROADRUNNER (PST-2ET) 5.3 6.2 4.4 4.7 7.0 6.4 5.6 5.4 5.7 6.5 4.3 5.3 4.5 4.7 6.7 5.6 5.5 * PRECISION 4.4 6.0 5.0 5.5 7.2 6.6 6.2 4.3 4.8 6.3 5.7 4.4 4.8 5.0 6.3 5.7 5.5 * IMAGINE 5.1 6.2 4.5 4.2 7.5 6.6 5.7 5.5 5.1 6.5 3.7 5.1 4.5 4.5 7.2 6.2 5.5 * R2 (ISI-R2) 5.8 6.2 5.0 4.0 7.2 6.3 5.6 4.6 5.0 6.3 5.6 4.8 5.2 5.0 6.2 5.4 5.5 * NOBILITY 5.6 6.3 5.0 5.3 7.0 6.3 5.7 4.3 6.0 6.8 4.3 4.1 5.0 4.7 6.2 5.5 5.5 * CITATION III (PST-2DGR) 5.5 5.9 4.0 5.6 7.0 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.4 6.5 3.9 4.8 4.0 4.5 7.0 6.1 5.5 APR 131 4.0 6.0 4.7 6.0 7.0 6.4 5.3 3.9 5.9 6.7 5.5 5.5 5.0 4.5 6.2 5.4 5.5 * CHAPARRAL (PST-2DLM) 6.3 6.2 3.7 5.2 7.2 6.6 5.8 5.6 5.1 6.2 4.0 3.8 4.6 4.3 7.0 6.3 5.5 * WIND DANCE (MB 46) 5.9 5.8 4.2 5.5 7.7 6.8 6.3 5.5 4.7 6.3 3.5 3.5 4.7 4.3 7.0 5.8 5.5 * ADVANTAGE 5.0 5.9 4.5 5.0 7.0 6.4 6.0 4.9 5.5 6.5 4.6 4.1 4.8 4.4 6.8 5.9 5.5 * QUICKSTART 5.4 6.2 4.7 5.5 6.8 6.5 5.6 4.3 5.1 6.8 4.6 4.7 4.8 5.1 6.1 4.7 5.4 WX3-91 4.7 5.9 4.7 5.3 6.8 6.4 5.6 4.6 5.7 6.6 4.7 4.4 5.3 4.9 6.0 5.5 5.4 CAS-LP23 6.0 6.3 4.5 4.6 6.9 6.6 5.8 4.8 5.5 6.6 4.1 3.7 4.0 4.8 6.7 5.8 5.4 * EXPRESS 4.8 6.4 4.5 5.5 7.3 6.4 5.6 4.0 5.6 6.7 5.1 3.9 4.1 5.1 5.9 5.8 5.4 APR 124 4.4 6.1 3.6 5.2 6.8 6.4 6.2 5.0 5.6 6.2 4.6 4.2 4.9 4.7 6.6 6.0 5.4 * PROTOCOL (KOOS 93-3) 5.9 6.2 4.0 5.1 6.9 6.5 5.1 4.4 5.3 6.5 4.1 5.1 4.5 5.0 6.1 5.6 5.4 * STALLION SELECT 5.0 6.3 4.2 4.5 6.8 6.4 5.3 4.6 6.0 6.7 5.0 3.5 4.5 5.7 6.2 5.6 5.4 * LEGACY II (LESCO-TWF) 4.4 5.9 3.9 5.7 7.1 6.5 5.2 5.0 5.7 6.5 4.2 4.7 4.7 4.9 6.4 5.4 5.4 * WILLIAMSBURG 5.8 5.8 4.7 4.8 6.5 6.5 5.4 3.6 6.0 6.7 4.1 4.9 4.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.4 APR 066 4.5 6.0 4.4 5.0 6.0 6.4 5.0 3.8 5.7 6.7 5.6 5.0 4.9 4.8 5.8 5.1 5.3 PST-2CB 5.8 6.3 4.4 4.1 7.2 6.4 5.5 4.9 4.7 6.7 3.5 4.2 4.3 4.9 6.1 5.3 5.3 * NAVAJO 4.7 5.9 4.8 3.5 6.3 6.4 6.1 4.3 5.0 6.8 4.8 4.2 4.0 5.4 6.1 5.7 5.2 * ELF 4.5 6.1 4.8 3.0 6.1 6.5 6.3 4.7 4.4 6.8 4.9 3.2 4.7 4.3 6.6 6.2 5.2 * STARDANCE (PST-2FE) 5.4 6.2 3.9 3.5 6.3 6.4 6.1 5.0 4.2 6.5 3.7 4.6 4.7 4.7 6.5 5.3 5.2 * EXCEL (MB 1-5) 5.3 6.4 3.4 3.2 7.0 6.6 6.3 4.7 4.6 6.8 3.3 3.8 3.8 4.1 6.8 5.9 5.1 BAR ER 5813 5.3 6.0 4.1 4.2 6.1 6.4 6.2 4.6 5.0 6.4 4.0 2.8 4.3 4.8 5.9 5.4 5.1 WVPB-PR-C-2 5.0 6.0 4.2 3.7 6.3 6.5 5.8 4.0 5.2 6.7 4.4 2.9 4.3 5.0 5.8 5.6 5.1 * DANCER 5.3 6.2 4.8 3.8 5.8 6.4 5.3 3.6 4.3 6.4 4.9 3.3 4.4 4.7 6.1 5.4 5.0 * NIGHT HAWK 4.7 6.2 4.1 2.4 6.5 6.4 5.3 4.8 5.4 6.5 4.4 3.0 3.5 4.8 6.3 6.0 5.0 * PEGASUS 5.2 6.0 4.0 3.7 6.3 6.5 5.2 4.2 5.6 6.5 4.3 2.8 3.6 4.7 6.1 5.6 5.0 * SATURN 5.1 5.8 4.9 2.8 6.0 6.5 5.8 3.9 5.7 6.3 3.6 3.4 4.0 4.8 5.9 5.7 5.0 * NINE-O-ONE 5.5 5.8 3.6 3.2 6.2 6.4 5.3 4.8 5.0 6.4 3.0 3.9 3.7 4.3 6.1 5.8 4.9 DSV NA 9402 4.4 5.6 4.3 3.6 5.3 6.7 4.3 2.6 4.5 6.4 4.5 2.5 3.5 4.5 5.5 5.3 4.6 DSV NA 9401 4.4 5.9 4.1 3.5 5.3 6.5 4.3 2.5 4.6 6.3 4.0 2.3 3.5 4.3 5.4 5.0 4.5 DLP 1305 3.8 5.9 3.1 1.7 5.3 6.4 5.6 3.5 4.9 6.7 3.0 2.8 2.6 4.7 5.3 5.1 4.4 * PENNFINE 4.4 5.5 4.2 2.0 4.9 6.1 4.7 2.9 4.9 6.3 2.4 2.9 2.9 4.7 5.6 4.7 4.3 * FIGARO 4.1 5.7 3.5 1.9 4.7 6.4 4.2 2.5 4.8 6.7 3.6 2.9 2.9 4.3 5.3 5.2 4.3 * LINN 2.2 4.3 2.6 1.3 1.5 6.3 2.3 1.2 4.0 5.4 1.4 2.3 1.8 3.2 3.8 3.4 2.9 LSD VALUE 1.5 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.8 1.5 1.1 0.9 1.6 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.2 C.V. (%) 17.1 5.7 12.3 14.1 4.6 2.1 7.2 10.4 17.2 10.6 12.0 23.4 12.7 10.7 4.6 4.5 11.0 * 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.