PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF COOL-SEASON CULTIVARS, BLENDS AND MIXTURES GROWN UNDER LOW INPUT AT FOURTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 2016 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF NAME CT1 CT2 IN1 IN2 MI1 MN1 MO1 MO2 NC1 NE1 OR1 PA1 UT1 VA1 A-SFT 4.5 5.9 5.3 5.4 3.8 4.5 5.8 5.2 3.7 4.3 3.6 4.5 8.3 6.9 BEWITCHED 4.5 4.2 5.5 4.6 3.5 2.1 4.1 4.4 2.6 4.3 4.3 3.6 6.0 4.7 BGR-TF3 5.5 5.8 5.3 5.1 4.0 4.1 5.6 5.0 4.1 4.3 2.6 4.7 7.3 6.9 BULLSEYE 6.1 6.8 5.1 5.7 3.8 4.7 6.0 5.1 4.3 4.4 3.0 4.9 7.3 7.5 CHANTILLY 5.0 5.7 5.5 5.2 4.3 6.0 5.7 5.6 4.0 4.1 4.8 3.4 6.7 6.1 CRS MIX #1 6.6 6.6 4.9 4.6 4.8 4.7 6.2 5.5 3.4 4.4 3.9 4.2 6.0 6.6 CRS MIX #2 6.2 6.7 4.7 4.2 3.8 4.1 5.8 5.5 3.6 4.5 3.9 4.0 7.7 6.6 CRS MIX #3 5.8 6.1 5.8 5.3 3.6 2.7 7.1 7.3 5.5 4.2 4.2 3.7 6.0 7.1 CS MIX 5.3 6.4 5.4 5.7 3.6 5.1 6.7 6.0 3.3 4.3 4.2 3.9 8.3 7.3 DLFPS CHCRM 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.3 4.3 3.7 7.3 7.5 5.2 4.5 3.8 4.7 8.0 7.2 DLFPS CHCRSH 5.5 5.9 5.7 5.1 4.3 5.3 6.4 5.8 3.9 4.2 3.9 4.4 7.3 7.0 DLFPS SHHM 5.7 5.5 5.1 5.6 4.1 3.2 6.4 6.5 5.5 4.3 3.2 3.6 7.0 7.2 DLFPS TF-A 6.1 7.0 5.7 5.5 4.4 4.5 5.9 5.4 4.6 4.2 4.5 5.6 7.3 7.3 DLFPS TFAM 6.5 7.0 5.7 5.8 4.4 3.1 7.0 7.0 6.1 4.5 3.1 5.2 7.7 7.6 DLFPS TFASTC 6.0 7.0 6.3 5.9 4.8 4.3 6.6 6.0 5.1 4.3 4.4 5.3 7.7 7.0 DTT TALL FESCUE MIX 5.9 6.0 6.1 5.5 3.5 4.6 5.7 4.9 3.7 4.4 4.0 4.1 7.7 7.3 DTTHO TF/KBG MIX 5.3 6.4 5.9 5.3 4.1 4.4 5.5 5.3 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.1 7.7 6.8 DUTCH WHITE CLOVER 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.3 4.1 2.2 6.3 6.6 4.1 4.2 3.3 3.1 4.3 6.6 KENBLUE 2.9 3.5 5.3 5.1 4.3 2.8 3.8 4.2 2.7 4.6 3.2 3.1 3.7 5.6 KINGDOM 6.0 6.3 5.9 6.4 3.5 3.5 5.6 4.9 4.1 4.2 3.6 4.1 8.7 7.0 KY-31 E+ 5.0 5.5 5.7 5.1 3.9 3.7 4.7 4.1 5.1 4.5 3.1 5.3 6.7 4.9 MNHD-15 6.1 6.7 5.2 4.3 4.0 4.1 5.3 6.1 3.3 4.6 3.9 3.6 7.0 7.5 NATURAL KNIT ? PRG MIX 5.0 5.9 5.1 4.9 3.5 3.7 5.5 5.4 4.1 4.2 3.3 4.6 9.0 5.6 NORTHERN MIXTURE 4.6 4.5 5.5 5.0 4.3 4.4 5.8 5.3 3.9 4.6 3.2 5.1 8.0 6.7 QUATRO 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.3 3.8 5.6 5.7 3.4 4.5 2.5 3.7 6.7 6.1 RADAR 5.4 6.2 5.9 5.7 4.2 4.8 6.5 6.2 3.7 4.0 3.8 5.0 8.3 7.8 RESOLUTE (7H7) 6.7 6.4 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.2 5.8 5.8 3.6 4.6 3.8 3.7 6.0 6.6 SOUTHERN MIXTURE 6.3 6.2 5.7 5.3 4.8 4.4 5.8 5.8 4.8 4.2 3.0 5.6 8.3 6.8 SPARTAN II 6.1 6.5 5.6 5.1 5.1 4.6 5.0 5.2 3.6 4.4 3.4 4.1 5.7 6.7 VITALITY DOUBLE 5.6 6.0 6.6 5.7 4.3 4.6 6.2 5.7 4.7 4.0 3.6 4.7 7.3 7.8 VITALITY LOW 6.3 6.6 5.8 5.6 5.1 5.4 6.4 6.3 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.7 8.3 7.2 YAAK 6.5 6.5 5.6 5.9 4.1 4.5 6.3 6.0 5.3 4.2 3.0 3.7 4.0 6.0 LSD VALUE 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.0 0.7 1.5 1.1 1.3 1.3 C.V. (%) 6.7 6.2 8.3 8.1 13.4 10.4 8.9 6.1 15.3 9.6 26.0 15.8 11.0 11.5 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.