TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ZOYSIAGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-EIGHT LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1992-1995 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME ALl AR1 AZl CAl CA2 CA3 CA4 FL1 FL2 GAl GA2 ID2 ILl IL2 KS2 KY1 MD1 M01 MS1 NE1 OH2 OK1 TXl TX2 TX3 U81 UB2 VAl MEAN * CAVALIER (DALZ 8507) 6.1 7.6 6.5 6.9 5.7 5.9 4.0 6.8 8.0 6.9 4.2 4.3 3.8 8.2 7.6 6.2 7.7 5.7 7.2 2.9 2.4 6.6 5.9 4.9 6.1 7.1 6.2 4.6 5.9 MARQUIS (TC 2033) 6.0 7.1 6.1 6.6 5.6 5.9 3.3 6.3 7.7 6.5 3.9 4.5 3.9 8.2 8.3 6.2 7.6 5.7 7.1 4.2 3.0 7.5 6.2 5.4 6.3 6.6 5.8 4.1 5.9 SUNBURST 5.9 6.1 6.1 5.3 5.5 5.6 3.3 6.3 7.7 6.4 4.5 6.9 4.5 5.9 7.3 6.7 6.9 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.1 5.9 5.7 4.2 6.0 6.8 6.1 5.5 5.8 TC 5018 6.0 5.7 6.0 5.4 5.4 5.5 3.0 6.2 8.0 6.0 4.1 5.4 5.1 5.3 7.9 6.8 7.0 5.5 6.0 5.8 6.1 6.2 5.8 4.6 6.1 6.2 5.8 5.9 5.8 * EMERALD 6.0 7.7 6.2 7.1 5.6 5.9 3.3 6.5 6.3 6.2 3.9 4.1 3.9 7.5 8.1 5.9 7.3 5.5 7.1 4.2 2.8 6.7 6.0 5.2 6.0 6.8 6.1 4.4 5.8 * OMNI (CD 2013) 6.0 7.4 6.2 6.3 5.3 5.6 2.7 6.0 7.0 6.5 3.6 3.8 4.5 8.0 8.0 5.3 7.3 5.9 6.5 5.0 3.4 7.0 5.6 4.3 5.3 6.7 5.9 5.2 5.7 QT 2004 6.0 7.2 6.1 6.6 5.3 5.6 2.3 5.8 7.0 6.3 4.2 3.9 4.1 7.9 7.6 4.7 7.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 3.0 6.8 5.8 3.4 5.7 6.8 6.2 4.8 5.6 DALZ 8508 6.1 7.7 5.9 6.7 5.5 5.9 3.3 6.1 5.7 6.6 3.5 4.2 3.4 8.1 7.8 4.9 7.2 5.4 7.3 3.1 2.0 6.9 5.5 5.1 6.7 6.8 6.0 3.7 5.6 * PALISADES (DALZ 8514) 6.1 5.5 6.5 5.2 5.6 5.7 4.0 6.8 6.3 6.3 4.9 3.3 4.0 5.5 7.9 6.1 6.8 5.4 6.0 3.6 4.2 6.4 5.9 4.9 6.8 5.8 4.9 6.1 5.6 * ROYAL (DALZ 9006) 6.0 7.5 6.0 6.8 5.5 5.8 3.7 6.3 5.3 6.4 3.5 4.3 3.3 8.1 7.5 5.5 6.5 5.4 6.8 2.8 2.3 6.5 6.1 5.1 7.1 6.7 6.2 3.4 5.6 * CROWNE (DALZ 8512) 6.1 5.5 6.5 5.3 6.0 5.8 3.3 7.3 7.3 6.3 4.7 3.3 4.9 4.5 7.7 5.9 6.6 5.2 6.2 3.3 4.4 5.9 6.0 5.0 5.6 5.7 4.7 6.6 5.6 * EL TORO 6.0 5.4 6.4 5.0 5.9 5.8 4.0 6.8 7.0 6.1 4.2 2.8 4.6 5.0 7.7 5.7 7.1 5.3 6.0 3.1 4.6 5.6 6.0 4.7 6.4 5.5 4.8 6.3 5.5 CD 259-13 5.6 6.0 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.3 3.0 5.7 4.3 6.4 3.2 5.2 5.1 5.8 7.3 6.5 6.3 5.5 5.6 5.7 3.9 5.6 5.2 2.9 6.1 6.5 6.0 6.3 5.4 * MEYER 5.2 6.7 6.1 5.8 5.1 5.4 2.3 4.8 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.3 4.0 7.3 8.0 5.0 7.1 6.0 6.2 6.3 3.7 6.5 5.5 3.2 6.1 5.6 6.2 4.2 5.4 OT 2047 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.1 4.7 4.8 3.0 5.5 7.7 5.7 3.3 5.8 4.8 5.5 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.3 6.0 5.3 4.7 5.4 5.4 3.3 5.4 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.3 * BELAIR 5.1 6.6 5.4 5.2 4.7 5.0 2.3 5.7 3.3 6.0 3.8 3.3 4.7 4.6 7.8 6.2 6.5 6.1 4.9 6.4 4.4 6.1 5.2 4.0 5.9 5.4 5.7 4.1 5.2 TGS-WLO 5.6 5.7 5.9 4.1 4.9 5.3 2.7 6.2 4.7 6.0 3.7 3.7 4.6 3.2 6.7 6.4 6.2 5.8 5.1 5.7 3.8 5.8 4.8 4.3 6.1 5.6 5.7 4.8 5.1 TGS-BLO 5.6 5.4 5.8 4.4 5.3 5.3 2.7 6.3 5.3 5.9 3.1 3.6 5.0 3.2 7.0 6.7 6.1 5.5 4.7 5.3 3.8 5.6 5.2 3.8 5.1 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.1 DALZ 8516 5.8 7.0 6.0 6.3 4.8 5.6 2.3 5.4 3.3 6.2 4.1 4.9 2.5 5.4 7.9 3.3 5.5 5.4 5.4 2.3 1.5 6.7 5.0 5.6 6.2 4.8 5.1 1.8 4.9 iz-i 5.5 5.1 5.5 4.7 4.9 4.8 2.0 4.9 3.3 5.7 3.6 3.5 4.5 3.1 5.6 5.8 5.9 5.3 4.7 4.6 3.8 5.3 5.2 3.1 5.3 5.1 4.3 4.8 4.6 * KOREAN COMMON 5.4 4.7 5.3 4.3 4.8 4.8 2.3 5.6 4.0 5.6 3.6 3.1 4.5 2.3 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.5 4.7 4.5 3.2 5.5 5.1 3.6 5.4 5.3 4.6 4.6 4.6 * DIAMOND (DALZ 8502) 5.9 6.1 5.9 6.4 5.6 5.8 3.3 5.4 3.0 5.4 3.4 3.7 1.7 6.4 7.3 2.4 1.8 3.0 6.3 1.4 1.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.2 4.1 3.0 1.3 4.4 DALZ 8501 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.8 5.0 4.9 3.7 6.3 7.3 5.5 2.6 3.8 2.4 7.1 6.4 1.8 1.6 2.3 5.8 1.0 1.0 5.4 5.3 4.3 5.7 3.8 3.5 1.1 4.3 DALZ 8701 5.7 5.1 5.8 4.2 5.8 5.7 3.3 6.3 5.3 5.5 3.0 2.7 1.9 4.6 5.8 1.8 1.1 1.4 5.3 1.0 1.0 5.4 5.1 4.5 5.4 2.4 1.8 1.0 3.8 LSD VALUE 0.8 0.6 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.5 1.1 1.1 2.0 0.5 0.7 2.8 0.6 1.4 0.6 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.2 COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 1996. 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).