TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A SOIL GREEN AT EIGHT LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 2002 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IA1 IL1 KS1 ME1 MI1 NE1 NY1 WI1 MEAN L-93 7.1 5.5 6.6 6.6 6.5 7.4 7.3 5.5 6.6 ISI AP-5 6.6 5.2 5.2 7.2 5.8 7.2 7.5 5.5 6.3 BENGAL (BAR AS 8FUS2) 7.1 5.6 5.2 6.7 5.7 7.1 7.5 5.3 6.3 PENN A-1 6.9 5.4 5.0 7.0 6.3 7.3 6.7 5.3 6.2 PENN G-1 6.7 5.4 5.2 7.1 6.0 6.9 7.3 5.2 6.2 PENN G-6 7.2 5.5 5.5 6.6 5.8 6.9 7.1 5.2 6.2 SYN 96-2 6.9 5.7 4.6 6.7 5.7 7.0 7.2 5.2 6.1 PENN A-4 6.9 5.3 4.0 7.0 6.1 7.3 6.7 5.6 6.1 PST-A2E 6.8 4.9 5.6 6.3 5.8 6.6 7.2 5.6 6.1 SRX 1NJH 6.8 5.4 5.8 6.9 6.1 5.7 7.0 5.1 6.1 SYN 96-1 6.9 5.3 5.0 6.7 5.7 6.6 7.5 5.0 6.1 IMPERIAL 7.2 5.2 5.0 6.2 5.6 6.9 7.2 5.2 6.1 CENTURY 7.4 5.0 5.0 7.0 5.4 6.7 7.2 4.8 6.1 SR 1119 6.6 4.8 5.4 7.0 5.7 6.4 7.5 5.2 6.1 CRENSHAW 7.0 4.9 5.2 6.5 5.2 7.2 7.5 5.0 6.1 PENN A-2 6.9 5.2 5.0 6.3 6.2 6.7 6.7 5.3 6.1 BRIGHTON (SRX 1120) 6.6 5.1 5.0 7.2 5.7 6.6 7.0 5.0 6.0 BAR CB 8US3 6.7 5.0 5.1 6.5 5.6 6.8 7.1 5.1 6.0 SYN 96-3 6.6 5.3 5.3 6.2 5.7 7.1 6.5 5.3 6.0 SRX 1BPAA 6.2 4.7 5.1 7.1 5.6 6.6 7.1 5.1 5.9 PICK CB 13-94 6.3 5.4 4.6 6.8 5.7 6.3 7.1 5.3 5.9 ABT-CRB-1 6.9 4.6 3.2 6.6 5.8 7.2 7.5 5.0 5.8 BACKSPIN 6.0 4.8 5.0 7.0 5.3 6.4 7.3 4.8 5.8 PENNLINKS 5.7 4.6 5.7 7.0 5.5 5.6 7.2 5.3 5.8 PROVIDENCE 6.3 5.0 4.5 6.7 5.5 5.9 6.9 5.0 5.7 PENNCROSS 5.1 4.4 5.3 6.8 5.4 4.7 6.7 5.3 5.5 VESPER (PICK MVB) 5.1 3.5 4.9 8.9 5.8 2.0 7.3 5.0 5.3 SR 7200 4.9 4.0 5.1 8.6 5.5 1.9 7.0 4.7 5.2 BAVARIA 5.2 3.4 4.3 6.4 5.4 2.1 7.0 4.3 4.8 LSD VALUE 0.7 0.6 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.3 C.V. (%) 6.9 7.2 16.3 7.2 4.0 8.1 6.4 7.0 8.2 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.