TABLE 1C. TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (VEGETATIVE) CULTIVARS 1/ GROWN IN LOCATION PERFORMANCE INDEX (LPI) GROUP 1 */ 2016 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME VA1 NC1 FL3 AL1 MS1 TN1 KY1 CA3 MEAN TIFTUF (DT-1) 7.6 6.7 6.1 6.4 7.2 7.8 7.2 6.7 7.0 11-T-510 7.6 6.1 5.8 5.9 6.9 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.7 LATITUDE 36 7.9 5.8 5.7 5.9 6.9 7.6 7.1 6.3 6.6 TIFWAY 6.8 6.1 5.9 6.2 7.0 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.6 JSC 2-21-18-V 7.2 6.1 5.9 5.3 6.9 7.7 7.1 6.5 6.6 OKC 1302 7.3 5.8 5.8 5.2 6.8 7.6 7.1 6.3 6.5 OKC 1131 7.6 5.6 5.2 4.7 7.0 7.7 7.1 6.5 6.4 FAES 1327 6.2 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.8 7.6 6.8 6.4 6.4 PATRIOT 7.2 5.5 6.1 5.4 6.2 7.5 7.0 5.6 6.3 JSC 2-21-1-V 7.7 5.1 5.4 4.5 6.7 7.7 7.1 6.1 6.3 ASTRO 6.6 5.6 5.8 4.3 6.6 7.8 7.1 6.2 6.2 FAES 1326 7.0 4.2 5.5 5.5 6.6 7.6 6.8 6.5 6.2 FAES 1325 6.2 5.5 5.6 5.1 6.6 7.5 6.7 6.3 6.2 11-T-251 6.2 4.3 5.3 5.6 6.8 7.7 6.5 6.4 6.1 CELEBRATION 6.3 5.3 5.2 4.3 6.5 7.4 6.6 5.9 5.9 OKC 1163 7.0 4.3 4.3 4.5 6.8 7.2 6.4 6.7 5.9 MSB 281 5.9 4.3 4.5 3.3 6.4 7.6 6.3 5.5 5.5 LSD VALUE 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 C.V. (%) 6.2 7.9 7.8 8.3 6.4 5.7 6.3 6.8 6.8 */ ENTRIES WITHIN THIS TABLE ARE ORDERED BY THE OVERALL MEAN AND HAVE SIMILAR TURF QUALITY PERFORMANCES IN ALL TEST LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS LPI GROUP. IF YOUR STATE IS NOT REPRESENTED, THEN CHOOSE A LPI GROUP THAT CONTAINS A LOCATION AND MANAGEMENT SIMILAR TO YOUR PLANTING CONDITIONS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LPI, GO TO WWW.NTEP.ORG/LPI_Q&A.PDF 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.