TABLE 17B.   MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ZOYSIAGRASS (SEEDED) CULTIVARS
                                                          GROWN UNDER IRRIGATION TO PREVENT DORMANCY  1/
                                                                        1997-2000 DATA

                                                         TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  2/

                                                    NAME               GA1     IL2     MD1     VA4    MEAN

                                                    ZENITH             5.7     5.4     5.5     6.1     5.7
                                                    Z-18               5.1     6.8     3.7     5.5     5.3
                                                    J-37               5.3     4.5     5.4     5.9     5.3
                                                    ZEN-400            5.6     3.9     5.5     5.7     5.2
                                                    ZEN-500            5.5     3.7     5.3     6.2     5.2
                                                    J-36               5.4     3.7     5.6     5.7     5.1
                                                    CHINESE COMMON     5.3     3.2     5.0     5.4     4.7
                                                    KOREAN COMMON      5.0     2.9     4.1     5.1     4.3

                                                    LSD VALUE          0.5     0.8     1.2     0.6     0.3
                                                    C.V. (%)          11.1    18.7    24.3    12.1    16.2

                           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.