TABLE 8. PERCENT GREEN COVER AND OTHER RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS IN THE 2016 NATIONAL COOL-SEASON WATER USE/DROUGHT TOLERANCE TEST USING APPROACH 1 (RAINOUT SHELTER) AT COLLEGE PARK, MD 2017 DATA 1/ TOTAL WATER APPLIED IN MILLIMETERS 2/ PRE-DROUGHT DROUGHT QUALITY RATINGS LEAF RUST % DROUGHT PERIOD PERCENT GREEN COVER NAME JUNE 6 JULY 7 AUG 11 SEPT 21 OCT 18 AUGUST OCTOBER SEPT 11 SEPT 25 SEPT 28 BARROBUSTO 6.0 7.7 7.0 8.0 7.0 1.7 0.0 74.3 80.0 72.3 DLFPS 321/3677 5.7 7.3 6.3 7.7 7.0 3.0 1.7 74.7 81.3 75.7 DLFPS 321/3678 6.7 7.7 6.7 8.0 6.7 4.3 1.0 70.7 78.3 77.3 LTP-SYN-A3 6.0 7.3 6.7 7.7 7.3 3.0 1.7 72.0 79.3 77.7 PST-5SDS 6.3 7.7 7.0 8.0 7.0 3.0 0.0 77.7 84.0 83.3 RS4 6.3 7.3 7.0 7.7 7.3 5.3 2.7 73.3 82.7 82.0 THOR 6.3 7.7 7.0 7.7 7.0 3.7 1.0 78.3 85.3 84.7 THUNDERSTRUCK 6.7 7.7 6.3 7.3 7.0 7.7 0.0 62.7 70.7 66.3 TITANIUM 2LS 6.3 7.3 7.0 8.0 7.0 3.3 0.0 77.3 84.3 81.3 CATALYST 6.7 7.7 7.0 7.7 7.0 1.7 0.0 67.0 75.0 69.7 DLFPS 321/3679 6.0 7.7 7.0 8.0 7.0 2.0 0.0 74.0 76.7 72.7 KINGDOM 6.0 7.3 6.7 7.7 7.3 4.3 6.7 71.7 74.7 72.0 PST-R511 6.7 7.7 6.3 8.0 7.3 4.0 0.0 66.3 76.3 67.3 SR 4650 (P.RYEGRASS STANDARD ENTRY) 5.0 5.3 5.7 7.3 8.7 11.7 0.0 70.3 70.7 57.7 SUPERSONIC 6.3 7.0 6.3 7.7 7.3 8.0 0.0 70.0 77.3 68.7 MRSL TF15 6.3 7.0 6.3 7.3 7.0 15.0 2.7 65.3 70.7 61.0 STETSON II 6.7 7.0 6.7 7.7 7.3 2.0 1.7 65.7 72.0 63.0 GO-AOMK 5.7 6.3 6.0 7.3 7.0 5.0 3.3 70.0 73.0 61.7 BAR FA 121095 5.3 7.3 6.7 7.3 7.3 3.3 14.0 71.0 75.0 69.3 NONET 6.3 6.7 6.0 7.7 7.0 6.0 0.7 57.3 63.0 50.3 LSD VALUE 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.5 0.9 10.1 17.9 15.4 14.5 26.6 C.V. (%) 7.2 7.2 7.5 6.2 6.4 90.5 318.6 9.7 8.9 16.6 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. 3/ COMPLETE DROUGHT/WATER USE TESTING PROTOCOL IS AVAILABLE FROM NTEP UPON REQUEST. TABLE 8. PERCENT GREEN COVER AND OTHER RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS (CONT'D) IN THE 2016 NATIONAL COOL-SEASON WATER USE/DROUGHT TOLERANCE TEST USING APPROACH 1 (RAINOUT SHELTER) AT COLLEGE PARK, MD 2017 DATA 1/ TOTAL WATER APPLIED IN MILLIMETERS 2/ TOTAL DROUGHT PERIOD PERCENT GREEN COVER WATER NAME OCT 2 OCT 5 OCT 9 OCT 12 OCT 16 USED (MM) BARROBUSTO 65.3 60.7 62.3 65.7 64.7 0.0 DLFPS 321/3677 67.0 64.7 61.3 67.0 63.7 0.0 DLFPS 321/3678 72.7 70.7 68.7 72.3 69.7 0.0 LTP-SYN-A3 70.3 67.0 65.3 69.0 64.3 0.0 PST-5SDS 76.0 73.0 72.0 76.3 75.3 0.0 RS4 75.3 73.3 70.3 72.3 71.3 0.0 THOR 78.3 75.0 72.7 74.7 71.0 0.0 THUNDERSTRUCK 60.0 58.0 60.3 62.7 62.3 0.0 TITANIUM 2LS 73.7 73.3 71.7 75.3 75.0 0.0 CATALYST 60.3 59.7 59.0 62.3 58.3 4.3 DLFPS 321/3679 64.0 62.7 66.0 70.7 67.7 4.3 KINGDOM 60.3 62.0 59.0 64.3 62.3 4.3 PST-R511 66.7 65.3 65.0 68.7 67.3 4.3 SR 4650 (P.RYEGRASS STANDARD ENTRY) 60.7 59.0 56.0 62.3 55.0 8.7 SUPERSONIC 60.0 54.0 60.0 67.0 65.0 8.7 MRSL TF15 47.0 53.3 54.0 58.7 55.3 12.7 STETSON II 61.3 62.7 60.3 67.0 66.0 12.7 GO-AOMK 59.0 51.7 57.3 60.0 56.0 16.7 BAR FA 121095 59.3 58.0 49.3 58.0 53.0 17.0 NONET 42.3 46.3 54.3 58.7 54.7 29.7 LSD VALUE 25.5 18.6 18.1 13.3 13.2 24.7 C.V. (%) 17.9 14.6 13.2 9.8 10.9 172.3 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. 3/ COMPLETE DROUGHT/WATER USE TESTING PROTOCOL IS AVAILABLE FROM NTEP UPON REQUEST.