TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF ZOYSIAGRASS CULTIVARS IN THE 2002 NATIONAL ZOYSIAGRASS TEST AT RIVERSIDE, CA 1/ 2006 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ GENETIC SPRING LEAF WINTER QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR GREENUP TEXTURE COLOR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC MEAN GN-Z 7.0 4.0 7.0 1.0 3.7 3.7 4.0 4.3 5.3 6.7 5.7 4.3 5.3 5.7 5.7 4.7 4.9 EMERALD 7.7 3.7 8.3 1.0 3.0 3.7 3.3 4.3 5.0 7.3 5.7 5.0 5.3 4.7 4.3 4.3 4.7 6186 7.0 2.7 7.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.7 5.3 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.7 4.6 DALZ 0102 7.0 3.0 6.0 1.0 3.7 3.0 3.7 4.3 4.7 6.3 5.0 4.7 5.3 5.0 4.7 4.3 4.6 ZORRO 7.3 4.7 8.7 1.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.7 5.7 5.7 4.3 4.7 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.6 DALZ 0101 7.7 2.3 8.7 1.0 3.0 3.3 3.0 4.0 4.0 6.3 6.0 4.0 4.3 4.3 5.0 5.0 4.4 DALZ 0105 7.0 1.3 8.7 1.7 3.0 3.3 3.0 4.0 4.0 5.7 6.0 4.3 4.7 4.0 5.7 5.0 4.4 BMZ 230 7.0 3.0 6.0 1.0 3.3 3.0 3.0 4.3 4.7 5.3 5.3 4.3 5.0 4.7 4.0 4.0 4.3 DALZ 0104 7.7 3.0 8.0 2.3 3.3 3.7 3.0 3.7 4.0 6.0 5.7 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.7 5.0 4.3 DALZ 9604 7.3 1.7 7.0 2.0 4.0 3.7 3.0 4.0 4.0 5.3 4.3 4.3 5.0 4.3 5.0 4.7 4.3 ZENITH 7.0 3.0 6.0 1.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 5.3 4.7 6.0 5.7 5.0 5.0 4.0 3.3 3.3 4.3 PZA 32 7.0 3.7 6.0 1.0 3.0 2.3 2.0 5.0 4.7 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.0 4.0 3.3 3.3 4.1 PZB 33 7.0 2.7 6.0 1.0 3.0 2.7 2.7 4.3 4.7 5.7 6.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 4.1 CHINESE COMMON 7.0 2.0 6.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 2.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.7 5.0 4.7 4.0 3.3 3.0 3.8 COMPADRE (COMPANION) 7.0 2.0 6.0 1.0 3.0 2.3 2.0 4.0 4.0 4.7 5.0 4.3 4.3 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.6 HIMENO 7.0 2.0 6.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 6.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.5 J-37 7.0 1.7 6.0 1.0 2.7 2.7 1.7 4.0 4.0 5.0 4.7 4.3 4.0 3.3 3.0 2.7 3.5 PST-R7MA 8.0 3.0 6.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.4 MEYER 7.3 3.0 7.0 1.0 2.7 2.0 1.7 3.7 4.0 4.7 3.3 4.3 3.7 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.2 PST-R7ZM 7.0 2.0 6.0 1.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 3.5 3.5 4.5 4.0 4.0 4.5 3.0 3.0 2.5 3.2 LSD VALUE 0.9 2.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 1.2 1.2 2.3 2.2 2.4 3.2 1.5 1.0 1.2 0.7 C.V. (%) 4.8 34.6 4.0 29.1 11.5 14.1 15.2 12.4 12.4 17.5 17.2 15.3 19.0 16.9 13.8 16.6 9.2 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. 2006 LOCATIONS, SITE DESCRIPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE 2002 NATIONAL ZOYSIAGRASS 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 CA3 SANDY LOAM 6.6-7.0 0-60 0-150 3.1-4.0 FULL SUN 1.6-2.0 TO PREVENT STRESS