TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF COOL-SEASON CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER 1/ LOW INPUT IN LOCATION PERFORMANCE INDEX (LPI) GROUP 1 **/ 2017 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME ENTRY # CT1 PA2 MD1 VA1 NC1 MI1 MO1 NE1 OR1 MEAN DLFPS TFAM 9 7.5 4.6 5.5 7.2 4.2 5.4 5.8 4.0 5.1 5.7 CRS MIX #3 21 7.1 4.0 5.7 7.2 3.7 6.7 5.5 3.7 4.2 5.7 CRS MIX #2 20 6.2 3.8 5.8 6.9 2.8 6.7 6.0 3.9 4.1 5.5 DLFPS TFASTC 14 7.0 4.4 5.0 7.0 3.6 5.0 6.0 4.1 5.2 5.4 CRS MIX #1 19 6.2 3.6 5.8 6.9 2.4 6.5 6.1 3.7 3.9 5.3 *VITALITY DOUBLE 11 6.1 4.3 4.9 6.7 3.3 5.1 6.1 4.2 5.2 5.2 DLFPS CHCRM 7 6.2 4.2 5.3 6.5 3.3 4.8 6.1 3.8 5.0 5.2 *VITALITY LOW 10 5.5 3.7 5.6 6.5 2.5 6.1 6.1 3.8 4.2 5.2 MNHD-15 5 5.9 3.4 5.1 6.8 2.3 6.7 5.7 3.8 3.8 5.1 *BULLSEYE 2 6.2 4.3 4.5 6.6 3.5 4.6 6.0 4.2 5.4 5.1 DLFPS TF-A 6 6.5 4.2 4.5 6.6 3.3 4.5 5.8 4.0 5.2 5.1 *SPARTAN II 16 5.4 3.4 5.1 6.5 2.6 6.8 5.5 3.8 3.8 5.0 BGR-TF3 4 5.7 4.2 4.8 6.3 3.3 4.4 5.9 4.0 5.2 5.0 *RESOLUTE (7H7) 26 6.1 3.1 4.7 6.7 2.3 6.4 5.3 3.5 3.6 4.9 DTTHO TF/KBG MIX 23 6.0 3.9 4.0 6.6 3.1 5.1 5.6 4.2 5.0 4.9 DLFPS SHHM 8 5.2 3.5 4.3 6.3 3.3 6.7 4.8 4.1 4.1 4.9 *RADAR 31 4.6 3.8 5.6 5.9 2.5 5.1 6.3 3.8 4.6 4.8 DTT TALL FESCUE MIX 22 6.3 3.7 4.2 6.4 2.7 4.5 5.5 3.6 4.6 4.8 SOUTHERN MIXTURE 28 5.9 3.6 4.1 6.4 2.8 4.9 5.5 3.8 4.6 4.7 CS MIX 29 5.2 3.2 4.6 6.2 2.2 5.9 5.5 3.7 3.9 4.7 DLFPS CHCRSH 15 4.5 3.5 4.8 6.0 2.4 5.7 5.8 4.0 4.3 4.7 *KINGDOM 25 6.1 3.7 3.5 6.4 2.8 4.2 5.4 3.9 4.9 4.6 *YAAK 30 7.1 3.5 2.6 6.7 2.6 3.7 5.1 3.7 4.9 4.5 *QUATRO 17 4.8 2.9 3.7 6.1 2.5 6.4 4.6 3.8 3.7 4.4 *KY-31 E+ 18 4.5 3.5 3.2 5.9 2.9 5.5 5.0 4.4 4.7 4.4 *CHANTILLY 12 4.0 3.5 4.5 5.4 2.2 4.6 5.8 3.7 4.5 4.3 NORTHERN MIXTURE 27 4.1 3.4 4.2 5.5 2.1 4.5 5.7 3.7 4.5 4.2 A-SFT 24 5.0 3.5 3.0 5.8 2.8 4.1 5.0 3.9 4.9 4.2 *KENBLUE 32 2.9 3.0 3.4 5.2 2.3 5.6 4.9 4.1 4.1 3.9 *NATURAL KNIT ? PRG MIX 1 4.2 3.1 2.4 5.2 2.6 3.7 4.3 3.6 4.5 3.6 *DUTCH WHITE CLOVER 13 3.7 2.6 1.6 5.3 2.6 5.4 3.5 4.0 3.8 3.5 *BEWITCHED 3 4.2 2.8 2.5 5.0 2.0 3.6 4.3 3.2 4.0 3.5 LSD VALUE 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 C.V. (%) 9.7 14.7 12.3 8.5 19.0 10.1 9.7 13.7 11.9 11.2 */ COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2018. **/ ENTRIES WITHIN THIS TABLE ARE ORDERED BY THE OVERALL MEAN AND HAVE SIMILAR TURF QUALITY PERFORMANCES IN ALL TEST LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS LPI GROUP. IF YOUR STATE IS NOT REPRESENTED, THEN CHOOSE A LPI GROUP THAT CONTAINS A LOCATION AND MANAGEMENT SIMILAR TO YOUR PLANTING CONDITIONS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LPI, GO TO WWW.NTEP.ORG/LPI_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.