TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ZOYSIAGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT SIXTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 1998 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AR1 CA3 FL1 FL3 GA1 IL2 IN1 KS1 KY1 LA1 MO1 MS1 SC1 TX1 TX3 VA4 MEAN * EMERALD 8.0 6.1 5.6 8.1 7.1 8.7 5.2 7.7 2.5 6.2 5.9 7.4 7.3 6.9 6.4 6.6 6.6 DALZ 9601 8.3 6.8 5.6 7.4 6.9 8.8 3.7 6.9 2.4 6.4 5.7 7.7 7.3 6.4 6.0 7.4 6.5 * EL TORO 6.4 5.6 6.8 8.0 6.3 4.3 5.4 6.3 7.3 6.4 6.1 5.8 7.1 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.4 * ZEON 7.9 6.5 5.7 7.7 7.1 8.9 3.1 6.3 1.8 6.4 4.6 7.6 6.8 6.5 6.2 7.2 6.3 * JAMUR 6.3 5.6 6.1 7.7 6.4 4.3 4.3 6.6 5.8 6.0 5.8 5.8 7.2 6.4 6.8 6.6 6.1 * VICTORIA 6.2 6.9 6.1 7.9 7.3 7.7 1.3 4.0 . 6.4 3.7 6.8 7.2 6.4 6.6 7.3 6.1 * DE ANZA 6.7 6.8 6.3 7.7 7.1 5.9 1.9 4.2 . 6.7 3.3 6.4 7.0 5.9 5.6 6.8 5.9 HT-210 5.8 5.3 5.3 7.3 6.1 8.5 1.0 4.0 . 6.2 1.7 7.2 7.6 6.8 6.8 6.5 5.7 J-14 5.4 4.3 4.3 6.8 5.8 5.7 6.0 5.2 7.1 5.8 5.4 5.2 7.1 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.7 * ZEN-400 5.1 4.9 5.1 6.8 6.1 3.1 5.7 6.1 7.5 5.8 5.6 5.3 7.0 5.5 5.1 5.7 5.6 * J-37 4.8 4.6 4.1 6.4 5.9 3.2 5.7 5.8 7.3 5.9 5.7 5.2 6.9 5.5 6.3 5.8 5.6 * MEYER 6.9 4.6 2.7 5.4 6.7 6.5 5.6 5.4 6.0 5.8 4.9 5.5 6.3 5.2 5.3 6.3 5.6 * ZENITH 4.6 4.8 3.3 5.9 6.6 4.7 4.6 5.3 8.2 5.9 4.3 5.0 6.8 5.5 5.8 5.6 5.4 * J-36 4.8 . 4.3 6.5 5.9 3.5 5.3 5.5 7.1 5.6 4.6 5.0 6.6 5.5 5.7 5.4 5.4 MIYAKO 5.2 5.1 5.9 7.5 5.9 2.3 2.4 5.3 4.7 6.4 5.6 5.3 6.6 5.7 6.8 6.1 5.4 * ZEN-500 4.6 5.0 3.3 6.5 6.2 3.4 5.6 4.3 7.2 5.6 3.8 5.3 7.3 5.0 6.0 5.9 5.3 * CHINESE COMMON 3.8 4.6 3.7 6.2 5.9 2.8 5.1 5.9 6.7 5.8 4.6 5.0 6.7 5.5 5.9 5.3 5.2 * KOREAN COMMON 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.8 5.8 2.4 2.9 4.4 4.1 5.3 2.1 5.0 6.3 4.8 5.7 5.4 4.4 * Z-18 1.2 4.0 3.4 3.8 6.1 . 1.2 4.4 2.4 5.7 1.6 5.4 4.2 . 3.5 5.4 3.7 LSD VALUE 1.4 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.7 1.1 0.8 1.7 0.4 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.3 0.4 0.2 C.V. (%) 15.6 6.7 12.6 6.6 5.1 8.3 16.9 9.7 16.3 4.1 16.5 5.2 4.9 7.1 13.2 4.3 9.7 * 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.