TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF WARM-SEASON CULTIVARS GROWN AT NINE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 2019 DATA ENTRY TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF # NAME CA7 FL3 FL4 MS1 NC1 NM1 TX2 UT1 VA4 MEAN *TIFWAY BERMUDA 2 6.9 6.7 6.0 5.6 7.1 7.0 5.7 6.1 5.1 6.4 16-TZ-14114 ZOYSIA 4 7.2 6.9 6.0 5.6 7.0 5.5 6.1 6.3 5.7 6.3 FB 1628 BERMUDA 10 5.8 6.7 5.0 6.1 6.9 6.6 5.9 7.0 4.5 6.2 XZ 14069 ZOYSIA 6 5.5 6.6 6.1 6.2 4.9 5.0 6.4 7.1 4.6 6.0 *MIDIRON BERMUDA 3 6.2 6.6 2.1 5.2 6.8 6.0 5.7 5.7 4.9 5.6 *MEYER ZOYSIA 1 4.9 6.3 4.7 5.4 4.7 4.0 5.6 6.8 5.0 5.5 FAES 1322 ZOYSIA 9 3.3 6.3 4.8 5.8 4.1 4.9 6.2 7.2 2.9 5.2 *CODY BUFFALO 8 6.8 5.8 2.3 5.4 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.6 2.0 5.0 *HABITURF MIXTURE 5 6.6 5.5 2.0 5.4 4.3 4.4 5.0 5.4 2.3 4.9 *ASC-117 BERMUDA 7 6.5 5.7 1.9 3.6 4.4 4.8 4.6 2.9 1.0 4.2 LSD VALUE 1.4 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.9 0.8 0.5 2.0 0.3 0.3 C.V. (%) 14.2 3.7 12.7 4.1 10.0 9.2 5.9 20.2 4.7 10.7 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2020 ** 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.