TABLE 3. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A GREEN AT ELEVEN LOCATIONS USING 2.0-4.0 LBS. OF NITROGEN/1000 SQ. FT./YEAR 1/ 1999-2002 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AZ1 IA1 IL1 KS1 KY1 MO1 MT1 NJ1 NY1 RI1 WI1 MEAN PENN A-1 7.0 6.6 5.1 6.0 7.8 4.8 6.2 7.0 6.4 7.1 5.5 6.3 L-93 6.7 6.8 5.2 6.4 7.2 5.5 6.1 6.0 6.7 7.0 5.2 6.2 PENN G-1 7.0 6.5 5.0 5.9 7.4 5.7 6.0 6.3 6.8 6.7 5.3 6.2 PENN A-2 7.0 6.7 5.2 5.8 7.7 5.4 6.1 5.9 6.5 7.2 5.1 6.2 PENN A-4 7.6 6.8 5.0 5.2 7.2 5.0 6.1 6.1 6.5 7.2 5.6 6.2 PENN G-6 6.5 6.4 5.1 6.2 6.9 5.2 6.0 6.0 6.6 7.1 4.9 6.1 PST-A2E 6.6 6.7 4.6 5.8 7.0 5.2 5.7 6.1 6.5 6.9 5.4 6.0 SYN 96-1 6.4 7.0 5.1 5.4 6.5 5.2 6.4 5.6 6.8 6.8 5.1 6.0 BENGAL (BAR AS 8FUS2) 7.0 6.9 5.2 5.6 6.9 5.3 5.2 5.6 6.5 6.8 5.1 6.0 SYN 96-2 6.5 7.2 5.0 5.2 6.6 4.5 6.0 5.7 6.7 6.7 5.4 6.0 SYN 96-3 6.1 6.8 4.8 5.6 6.2 5.1 6.0 6.0 6.3 6.8 5.2 5.9 SR 1119 6.4 6.1 4.8 5.7 6.7 5.3 6.1 5.5 6.8 6.0 5.0 5.8 ISI AP-5 7.0 6.4 4.9 5.6 6.6 4.6 5.8 5.4 6.7 5.6 5.6 5.8 CENTURY 6.4 7.0 5.0 5.1 6.2 5.3 5.8 5.1 6.7 6.0 4.9 5.8 IMPERIAL 6.7 6.9 4.9 5.5 6.2 4.3 5.7 5.2 6.4 6.5 5.0 5.8 SRX 1NJH 6.4 6.3 4.9 5.7 7.3 4.0 5.4 5.5 6.7 6.0 5.1 5.7 CRENSHAW 6.6 6.9 4.7 5.2 6.0 5.2 6.1 4.7 6.6 5.8 5.1 5.7 BRIGHTON (SRX 1120) 6.3 5.9 4.9 5.5 6.4 5.4 5.4 5.1 6.6 6.2 5.1 5.7 PICK CB 13-94 6.4 6.1 4.9 5.4 6.2 4.8 5.9 4.5 6.5 6.3 5.4 5.7 ABT-CRB-1 5.8 6.7 4.5 5.1 6.9 4.1 5.9 5.9 6.4 5.8 5.2 5.7 SRX 1BPAA 6.3 5.8 4.4 5.2 6.7 4.6 6.0 4.7 6.6 6.4 5.4 5.6 BAR CB 8US3 6.8 6.3 4.8 5.2 6.2 5.7 5.4 5.0 6.5 5.0 5.2 5.6 BACKSPIN 6.4 6.2 4.8 5.3 5.9 4.9 5.9 5.0 6.4 5.9 4.8 5.6 PROVIDENCE 6.7 6.2 5.0 5.3 6.0 4.5 5.5 4.9 6.2 5.8 5.0 5.5 VESPER (PICK MVB) 4.8 4.8 3.6 5.3 4.2 4.3 5.7 6.7 6.6 7.4 5.5 5.3 SR 7200 4.3 4.7 4.0 5.3 4.1 4.5 5.2 7.1 6.4 7.3 4.8 5.2 PENNLINKS 5.6 5.4 4.4 5.3 5.5 5.2 5.9 3.6 6.3 5.5 4.9 5.2 PENNCROSS 5.6 5.2 4.5 5.5 5.2 5.1 6.0 3.6 6.4 5.1 5.0 5.2 BAVARIA 4.5 4.6 3.2 5.0 4.1 4.0 4.6 2.4 5.9 4.5 4.0 4.3 LSD VALUE 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.6 1.0 0.8 0.2 C.V. (%) 11.8 8.0 10.7 15.0 10.5 17.8 14.1 11.5 11.0 14.0 18.2 12.9 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.