TABLE 27.  DOLLAR SPOT RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS                                                         
                                                           GROWN ON A GREEN AT EAST LANSING, MI  1/                                                        
                                                                         2016 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                          DOLLAR SPOT RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO DISEASE  2/                                                        
                                                                                                                                                           
                                             NAME                    AUGUST     SEPTEMBER   OCTOBER     MEAN                                             
                                                                                                                                                           
                                             DECLARATION               9.0        9.0         8.3        8.8                                               
                                             GDE                       9.0        9.0         8.3        8.8                                               
                                             PIRANHA (DC-1)            8.3        9.0         8.3        8.6                                               
                                             BARRACUDA                 8.3        9.0         7.7        8.3                                               
                                             DLFPS-AP/3058             8.7        9.0         7.3        8.3                                               
                                             L-93 XD                   8.7        9.0         7.3        8.3                                               
                                             V-8                       8.7        8.3         8.0        8.3                                               
                                             DLFPS-AP/3018             8.0        8.7         7.0        7.9                                               
                                             DLFPS-AP/3059             8.0        8.3         7.3        7.9                                               
                                             LUMINARY                  8.7        9.0         6.0        7.9                                               
                                             DLFPS-AP/3056             8.3        8.3         6.7        7.8                                               
                                             PENN A-1                  8.3        8.0         7.0        7.8                                               
                                             PENNCROSS                 8.3        7.7         7.0        7.7                                               
                                             PURE SELECT               7.7        8.0         7.3        7.7                                               
                                             777 (DLFPS-AP/3054)       7.7        8.0         6.7        7.4                                               
                                             PST-ROPS                  7.0        8.3         6.3        7.2                                               
                                             SHARK                     7.3        7.3         6.0        6.9                                               
                                             NIGHTLIFE                 6.7        6.3         5.7        6.2                                               
                                             KINGDOM                   7.0        6.0         5.3        6.1                                               
                                             ARMOR                     5.3        5.0         5.0        5.1                                               

                                             LSD VALUE                 0.8        0.8         2.6        0.8                                               
                                             C.V. (%)                  6.8        6.6        17.2        6.7                                               
 
                           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.