TABLE 6. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS IN THE 2002 NATIONAL ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS TEST AT MISS. ST., MS 1/ 2005 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ PERCENT GRAY GENETIC SPRING LEAF DENSITY COVER FROST LEAF QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR GREENUP TEXTURE SUMMER SPRING TOLERANCE SPOT APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV MEAN MSA 2-3-98 8.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 93.3 7.0 7.3 6.0 7.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.7 8.0 7.6 MERCEDES 7.3 5.0 7.0 7.7 81.7 7.0 7.0 5.3 6.7 7.7 8.0 7.7 8.0 7.7 7.3 7.3 RALEIGH 7.0 4.3 6.0 6.7 76.7 6.3 7.7 5.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.3 7.0 7.0 6.7 DELMAR 7.3 4.0 6.3 6.3 76.7 5.0 6.7 4.7 5.3 7.0 7.0 7.7 7.3 6.3 6.3 6.5 MSA 31 7.3 3.0 8.0 8.0 43.3 5.0 6.7 3.0 5.0 6.7 7.7 7.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 6.4 FLORATAM 7.0 2.0 4.7 5.0 30.0 3.0 4.0 2.0 4.0 4.7 5.3 5.3 5.0 4.3 5.0 4.5 LSD VALUE 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.6 9.2 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.2 C.V. (%) 5.6 12.5 4.9 5.0 8.1 13.0 9.5 8.4 5.6 6.0 4.4 6.1 4.1 7.2 5.2 2.2 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. TABLE A. 2005 LOCATIONS, SITE DESCRIPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE 2002 NATIONAL ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS TEST SOIL SOIL SUN MOWING SOIL SOIL PHOSPHOROUS POTASSIUM NITROGEN OR HEIGHT IRRIGATION LOCATION TEXTURE PH (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/1000 SQ FT) SHADE (IN) PRACTICED MS1 SANDY LOAM 6.6-7.0 151-270 241-375 2.1-3.0 FULL SUN 2.6-3.0 TO PREVENT STRESS