TABLE 5A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT AMHERST, MA 1/ 2015 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ PERCENT ESTABLISH- WEAR TOLERANCE RATINGS QUALITY RATINGS NAME MENT SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER AUG SEP OCT NOV MEAN DLFPS-AT/3026 50.0 3.3 2.3 4.7 6.7 6.3 6.0 6.0 6.3 NIGHTLIFE 45.0 7.3 5.7 6.3 5.7 7.0 6.7 5.7 6.3 BARRACUDA 45.0 5.0 4.0 5.3 5.7 6.7 6.0 6.0 6.1 PST-DCV6 40.0 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.3 6.0 7.0 5.7 6.0 ARMOR 43.3 6.3 5.0 5.7 5.7 6.0 6.3 5.0 5.8 CHINOOK (H10G-OP) 45.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.7 6.3 6.0 5.8 PIRANHA (DC-1) 40.0 5.7 5.0 5.7 5.3 6.3 6.3 5.3 5.8 007 45.0 5.7 5.0 6.0 5.7 5.7 6.0 5.3 5.7 KINGDOM 43.3 6.7 6.0 5.3 5.3 6.3 6.0 5.0 5.7 SHARK 43.3 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.0 6.0 6.3 5.3 5.7 MUSKET (PPG-AT 104) 43.3 3.7 3.0 5.0 6.0 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.6 L-93XD 40.0 5.0 4.7 5.3 5.7 6.3 5.3 4.7 5.5 V-8 46.7 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 5.5 GREENTIME 48.3 4.3 3.3 4.3 6.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.3 PST-ORBS 43.3 5.0 4.3 4.3 5.0 5.7 6.0 4.7 5.3 CRYSTAL BLUE LINKS 40.0 5.0 4.7 4.3 5.0 5.3 5.0 4.7 5.0 PENNCROSS 45.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.7 5.3 4.7 4.8 LSD VALUE 5.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.5 C.V. (%) 6.7 8.6 9.7 11.1 8.2 10.0 8.4 7.3 5.1 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.