TABLE 6A.                             MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS                                             
                                             GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE UNDER TRAFFIC STRESS AT BLACKSBURG, VA  1/                                         
                                                                         2015 DATA                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                 
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                            PERCENT LIVING GROUND COVER         
                                GENETIC     SPRING   PRE-TRAFFIC        POST-TRAFFIC RATINGS                        QUALITY RATINGS
        NAME                     COLOR     GREENUP      5_6         6_30        7_6         7_22       JUN     JUL     SEP     OCT     NOV    MEAN 
                                                                                                                                                          
        DLFPS-AT/3026             5.7        5.0        91.7        45.0        68.3        88.3       6.0     5.3     6.3     6.3     7.0     6.2        
        CHINOOK (H10G-OP)         7.0        7.0        85.0        46.7        75.0        81.7       4.3     6.0     6.3     6.7     6.7     6.0        
        PIRANHA (DC-1)            7.0        7.0        78.3        45.0        68.3        73.3       3.7     6.0     6.7     6.3     6.7     5.9        
        SHARK                     6.7        6.7        91.7        50.0        78.3        73.3       5.3     5.7     6.0     6.0     6.7     5.9        
        CRYSTAL BLUE LINKS        6.7        7.0        86.7        56.7        73.3        66.7       4.3     5.7     5.3     6.0     7.0     5.7        
        MUSKET (PPG-AT 104)       6.3        5.0        90.0        40.0        68.3        81.7       5.0     5.0     5.7     6.0     6.7     5.7        
        V-8                       7.0        7.3        83.3        43.3        66.7        66.7       4.7     6.3     5.7     5.7     6.3     5.7        
        L-93XD                    5.0        7.0        78.3        55.0        75.0        75.0       3.7     5.7     5.7     6.0     6.0     5.4        
        GREENTIME                 6.3        6.7        90.0        23.3        38.3        60.0       5.0     4.7     4.7     5.3     6.3     5.2        
        007                       7.0        7.3        85.0        35.0        56.7        56.7       3.7     5.7     4.3     5.3     6.3     5.1        
        PST-ORBS                  7.0        7.3        80.0        40.0        65.0        66.7       4.0     5.7     4.3     5.3     6.0     5.1        
        KINGDOM                   7.7        8.0        78.3        40.0        65.0        63.3       3.7     5.3     5.0     5.0     5.3     4.9        
        NIGHTLIFE                 7.7        8.0        78.3        41.7        70.0        70.0       4.3     5.0     4.0     5.3     6.0     4.9        
        BARRACUDA                 6.7        7.0        85.0        38.3        63.3        68.3       4.0     5.3     3.7     5.0     5.7     4.7        
        ARMOR                     7.0        8.0        75.0        53.3        73.3        85.0       4.3     4.3     4.7     4.3     5.3     4.6        
        PENNCROSS                 7.0        7.0        78.3        33.3        56.7        46.7       4.0     3.7     3.3     5.0     6.0     4.4        
        PST-DCV6                  7.0        7.3        78.3        26.7        50.0        55.0       3.3     5.0     3.0     4.3     5.0     4.1        

        LSD VALUE                 2.2        1.0         9.4        61.9        30.0        25.3       1.7     3.9     3.1     2.8     3.4     2.3        
        C.V. (%)                 13.5        8.7         6.2        45.9        20.1        18.0      18.6    23.9    27.8    19.3    18.2    17.3        
 
        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.