TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS IN THE 2002 NATIONAL ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS TEST AT POMONA, CA 1/ 2005 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ PERCENT PERCENT FALL FALL FALL FALL COVER COVER WINTER COLOR COLOR COLOR COLOR NAME SPRING FALL COLOR SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER MSA 31 88.0 93.0 5.3 5.7 5.7 5.7 6.0 MSA 2-3-98 83.0 93.0 4.7 5.3 6.0 5.0 4.3 MERCEDES 89.7 93.7 5.3 6.0 6.0 5.3 4.7 FLORATAM 90.0 94.0 5.3 4.7 4.7 5.0 4.7 DELMAR 78.3 92.3 4.7 6.0 6.0 5.7 4.3 RALEIGH 94.7 98.0 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.0 LSD VALUE 29.5 11.1 3.0 1.1 1.1 0.7 1.2 C.V. (%) 13.9 4.8 23.7 10.0 10.0 6.7 13.0 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. TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS (CONT'D) IN THE 2002 NATIONAL ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS TEST AT POMONA, CA 1/ 2005 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ GENETIC SPRING LEAF QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR GREENUP TEXTURE JAN MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN MSA 31 5.7 8.0 8.0 6.3 8.0 8.3 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.3 6.3 5.7 6.0 6.7 6.8 MSA 2-3-98 4.7 7.3 7.0 5.3 7.3 7.7 6.3 5.7 6.7 7.0 6.3 5.0 5.7 6.3 6.3 MERCEDES 5.3 6.7 6.3 6.0 6.7 7.7 5.7 6.3 7.0 6.3 5.7 5.0 5.0 5.7 6.1 FLORATAM 6.3 6.0 5.3 4.3 6.0 6.7 5.7 5.7 6.3 5.0 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.3 5.4 DELMAR 4.7 6.3 6.0 4.0 6.0 7.0 5.0 4.7 6.0 6.7 5.7 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.3 RALEIGH 5.0 5.7 5.7 4.3 6.0 6.7 5.0 4.7 6.0 5.3 5.3 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.2 LSD VALUE 1.8 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.4 2.5 1.2 0.7 1.5 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.0 1.2 C.V. (%) 15.3 18.0 18.0 24.4 19.0 14.3 19.4 11.2 5.6 11.3 14.1 17.6 16.2 9.1 10.4 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. TABLE A. 2005 LOCATIONS, SITE DESCRIPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE 2002 NATIONAL ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS TEST SOIL SOIL SUN MOWING SOIL SOIL PHOSPHOROUS POTASSIUM NITROGEN OR HEIGHT IRRIGATION LOCATION TEXTURE PH (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/1000 SQ FT) SHADE (IN) PRACTICED CA7 SANDY LOAM 7.1-7.5 0-60 376-500 6.1-7.0 LIGHT SHADE 1.1-1.5 TO PREVENT STRESS