TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON 1/ A GREEN AT SIX LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. FOR LPI GROUP 1 **/ 2016 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME ENTRY NUMBER NJ1 NC1 GA3 IN1 MI1 IA1 MEAN * PST-ROPS 17 6.1 7.6 7.2 7.6 6.8 6.8 7.0 * PIRANHA (DC-1) 16 6.5 7.6 6.1 7.2 6.7 6.8 6.8 * PURE SELECT 7 5.6 7.4 6.8 7.2 6.5 6.7 6.7 DLFPS-AP/3058 5 6.0 7.3 6.9 6.9 6.4 6.5 6.7 * L-93 XD 10 7.2 7.6 4.7 7.2 6.7 6.5 6.6 * 777 (DLFPS-AP/3054) 2 6.1 7.5 5.9 7.1 6.5 6.6 6.6 * LUMINARY 1 6.0 7.1 6.8 6.7 6.3 6.4 6.6 DLFPS-AP/3018 3 6.0 7.6 4.3 7.2 6.4 6.5 6.3 DLFPS-AP/3056 4 5.7 7.3 5.6 7.0 6.2 6.2 6.3 * SHARK 18 5.5 7.3 5.1 6.9 6.3 6.5 6.3 * V-8 14 5.7 7.5 4.3 7.1 6.3 6.5 6.2 * GDE 15 5.9 7.6 4.1 7.0 6.3 6.5 6.2 * BARRACUDA 19 5.7 7.3 5.0 6.7 6.2 6.3 6.2 * NIGHTLIFE 13 4.4 7.0 6.0 6.8 5.6 5.6 5.9 * ARMOR 11 4.1 6.7 6.0 6.9 5.6 5.6 5.8 DLFPS-AP/3059 6 4.7 6.9 5.0 6.3 5.7 6.2 5.8 * KINGDOM 12 4.4 7.0 4.4 6.9 5.5 5.3 5.6 * PENN A-1 8 4.3 7.0 4.1 6.4 5.6 6.0 5.6 * DECLARATION 20 5.0 7.0 3.5 6.3 5.6 5.9 5.6 * PENNCROSS 9 1.2 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.0 5.2 4.2 LSD VALUE 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 C.V. (%) 8.5 6.3 8.5 6.7 7.5 7.3 7.4 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2017. **/ ENTRIES WITHIN THIS TABLE ARE ORDERED BY THE OVERALL MEAN AND HAVE SIMILAR TURF QUALITY PERFORMANCES IN ALL TEST LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS AMMI GROUP. IF YOUR STATE IS NOT REPRESENTED, THEN CHOOSE AN AMMI GROUP THAT CONTAINS A LOCATION AND MANAGEMENT SIMILAR TO YOUR PLANTING CONDITIONS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON AMMI, GO TO WWW.NTEP.OR/AMMI_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.