TABLE 8C.                 MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (VEGETATIVE) CULTIVARS  1/
                                                        GROWN UNDER SALINE STRESS AT LAS CRUCES, NM */
                                                                         2009 DATA
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/

                                                  FALL        FALL        FALL
                         GENETIC     SPRING      COLOR       COLOR       COLOR                             QUALITY RATINGS
            NAME          COLOR     GREENUP    SEPTEMBER    OCTOBER     NOVEMBER    APR     MAY     JUN     JUL     AUG     SEP     OCT    MEAN

            TIFWAY         6.7         3.7        7.3         7.0         1.7       7.3     7.7     7.7     7.3     8.0     7.0     8.3     7.6
            OKC 1119       6.7         4.0        7.0         7.7         1.7       8.0     7.7     6.3     6.0     7.7     6.3     7.3     7.0
            OKC 1134       6.0         4.7        6.3         6.7         1.7       8.3     7.7     7.0     6.7     6.7     5.7     6.3     6.9
            PATRIOT        6.3         3.0        7.3         7.0         1.0       6.3     7.3     7.0     6.3     7.0     5.3     6.0     6.5
            MIDLAWN        4.0         2.3        3.3         5.0         2.0       5.7     6.3     4.7     4.3     3.7     2.3     2.3     4.2
            PREMIER        5.3         1.3        5.3         6.3         2.3       4.3     4.3     4.3     3.0     4.7     4.0     4.7     4.2

            LSD VALUE      1.5         1.1        1.4         0.8         1.0       1.2     1.4     1.6     1.7     2.4     1.8     1.7     1.2
            C.V. (%)      13.6        19.1       13.2         6.6        27.4      10.6    11.0    14.2    16.5    20.3    19.5    16.3    11.2

            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.
            */  THE FOLLOWING IS INFORMATION ON SALINITY AT THIS SITE: 
                WATER QUALITY:  PH 7.9, TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS 1800, SAR 2.06
                SOIL QUALITY (MEASURED IN JUNE, NOV.; 0-4 INCH DEPTH):  PH 7.5, 7.8;  EC 4.5, 2.67; SAR 4.11, 1.97
                SOIL QUALITY (MEASURED IN JUNE, NOV.; 4-8 INCH DEPTH):  PH 7.6, 8.0;  EC 1.73, 1.42; SAR 3.3, 1.49