TABLE 9B.                        MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF CREEPING BENTGRASS CULTIVARS                                          
                                         GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE UNDER REDUCED IRRIGATION  AT WEST LAFAYETTE, IN  1/                                     
                                                                         2016 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/ 
                                                 
                               GENETIC      LEAF      SPRING      DIVOT      SURFACE                           QUALITY RATINGS
        NAME                    COLOR      TEXTURE    DENSITY    RECOVERY   SMOOTHNESS   APR     MAY    JUN    JUL     AUG     SEP     OCT    MEAN                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                           
        NIGHTLIFE                8.0        7.7        8.3         5.3         5.7       7.7     7.3    8.7    7.7     7.0     6.0     5.7     7.1         
        ARMOR                    8.0        7.3        8.3         2.7         3.7       6.7     5.3    7.7    8.0     7.7     6.0     5.3     6.7         
        PST-0CV6                 6.0        7.0        7.7         6.0         5.7       6.3     6.3    7.0    8.0     7.3     6.0     6.0     6.7         
        CHINOOK (H10G-OP)        7.7        7.7        8.0         3.7         3.0       7.0     6.0    7.3    7.3     5.7     5.7     5.0     6.3         
        CRYSTAL BLUE LINKS       7.3        6.7        7.3         4.3         7.0       5.3     5.7    6.7    7.0     6.0     5.3     5.7     6.0         
        KINGDOM                  8.3        7.7        8.7         4.7         3.0       6.7     6.3    7.7    7.7     6.0     4.3     3.3     6.0         
        L-93XD                   5.7        7.7        8.0         3.0         3.7       6.0     6.0    7.3    7.3     5.0     4.7     4.3     5.8         
        PIRANHA (DC-1)           7.3        7.0        8.0         4.0         4.3       6.3     6.0    7.7    8.0     5.3     4.0     3.3     5.8         
        PENNCROSS                6.0        5.3        5.7         5.3         9.0       4.7     5.3    5.7    6.0     6.0     6.0     6.0     5.7         
        V-8                      7.0        7.7        8.0         4.3         5.0       6.0     5.3    6.7    7.3     5.3     5.3     4.0     5.7         
        PST-0RBS                 7.0        7.3        8.3         4.7         3.7       6.0     5.3    7.7    7.3     5.3     4.0     3.3     5.6         
        SHARK                    6.0        7.7        7.3         4.0         4.3       5.3     5.0    6.7    7.3     5.3     4.7     4.0     5.5         
        007                      7.7        8.0        8.0         3.7         4.3       6.3     5.3    7.3    7.7     5.0     3.7     2.7     5.4         
        BARRACUDA                6.7        7.3        8.0         3.7         5.0       6.0     5.7    7.0    7.3     4.7     3.7     3.0     5.3         

        LSD VALUE                1.0        1.2        1.0         4.5         3.1       1.7     1.7    1.2    1.0     1.5     1.8     2.1     1.0         
        C.V. (%)                 8.7        9.0        7.6        38.0        34.2      13.5    13.1    9.0    7.2    13.9    18.6    25.8     8.9