TABLE 1A. TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS 1/ GROWN IN LOCATION PERFORMANCE INDEX (LPI) GROUP 1 **/ 2017 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME Entry # NC1 GA1 FL3 AL1 MS1 TN1 KY1 OK1 KS2 AZ1 CA3 MEAN * TIFTUF (DT-1) 24 6.2 6.2 6.6 7.5 7.1 6.8 7.8 5.9 5.2 8.1 6.8 6.7 11-T-510 23 5.8 5.9 6.4 7.4 6.9 6.5 7.5 5.6 5.0 7.8 6.5 6.5 * TIFWAY 1 5.8 6.0 6.4 7.2 7.0 6.5 7.6 5.7 4.9 7.6 6.4 6.5 * TAHOMA 31 (OKC 1131) 32 5.7 5.9 6.2 7.0 6.7 6.1 7.7 5.8 5.1 7.3 6.2 6.4 * LATITUDE 36 2 5.4 5.9 6.3 6.6 6.7 6.3 7.7 5.8 5.1 7.1 6.2 6.3 JSC 2-21-18-V 12 5.1 5.8 6.3 6.3 6.8 6.5 7.6 5.7 5.2 6.9 6.3 6.2 FAES 1327 27 5.5 5.8 6.1 6.5 6.7 6.5 7.4 5.4 4.7 7.4 6.3 6.2 FAES 1325 25 5.1 5.8 6.0 5.8 6.6 6.8 7.3 5.4 4.8 7.1 6.3 6.1 OKC 1302 34 4.5 5.9 6.3 5.1 6.8 6.7 7.6 5.7 5.1 6.2 6.2 6.0 * PATRIOT 3 4.8 5.8 6.0 5.2 6.4 6.5 7.5 5.5 5.1 6.4 6.1 5.9 JSC 2-21-1-V 11 4.5 5.9 6.1 4.6 6.6 6.7 7.7 5.7 5.2 6.1 6.1 5.9 11-T-251 22 4.9 5.6 5.9 5.7 6.6 6.5 7.1 5.2 4.5 6.8 6.1 5.9 FAES 1326 26 4.8 5.5 5.9 5.5 6.3 6.5 7.1 5.2 4.9 6.7 6.2 5.9 * ASTRO 35 4.5 5.6 5.9 5.0 6.4 6.7 7.1 5.2 4.9 6.5 6.2 5.8 * CELEBRATION 4 4.7 5.7 5.8 5.1 6.6 6.5 7.2 5.3 4.4 6.5 6.0 5.8 12-TSB-1 20 4.8 5.6 5.6 5.3 6.4 6.4 7.0 5.1 4.3 6.8 5.9 5.7 OKC 1163 33 4.6 5.7 5.6 4.6 6.1 6.4 7.3 5.3 5.2 6.3 5.9 5.7 MBG 002 7 4.4 5.7 5.6 4.2 6.3 6.8 7.1 5.1 4.7 6.3 6.1 5.7 * PRINCESS 77 6 4.8 5.7 5.4 4.7 6.2 6.4 7.1 5.1 4.3 6.6 5.8 5.7 JSC 2009-6-S 16 4.0 5.5 5.7 4.0 6.3 6.6 7.1 5.1 4.5 5.7 5.8 5.5 * RIVIERA 17 4.0 5.4 5.7 4.2 6.2 6.4 7.1 5.1 4.6 5.7 5.7 5.5 JSC 2009-2-S 15 4.0 5.4 5.6 4.1 6.1 6.5 6.9 5.0 4.6 5.8 5.8 5.4 OKS 2011-1 9 3.5 5.5 5.7 3.1 6.2 6.8 7.0 5.1 4.7 5.3 5.9 5.3 * MONACO (JSC 2007-13-S) 14 3.7 5.4 5.6 3.7 6.1 6.5 7.0 5.1 4.7 5.4 5.7 5.3 JSC 2007-8-S 13 3.6 5.4 5.6 3.4 6.2 6.6 7.0 5.1 4.6 5.3 5.7 5.3 BAR C291 31 3.7 5.2 5.4 3.4 5.9 6.7 6.6 4.7 4.4 5.8 5.8 5.2 OKS 2011-4 10 3.6 5.4 5.4 3.1 6.0 6.6 6.8 4.9 4.4 5.5 5.7 5.2 MSB 281 21 3.4 5.2 5.6 4.0 6.5 6.3 6.7 4.8 3.6 5.1 5.5 5.2 * YUKON 18 3.5 5.5 5.3 2.8 6.1 6.6 7.0 5.0 4.2 5.2 5.5 5.2 OKS 2009-3 8 3.5 5.1 5.2 3.2 5.7 6.4 6.6 4.6 4.3 5.4 5.6 5.1 PST-R6CT 30 3.4 5.4 5.1 2.4 5.8 6.6 6.8 4.8 4.3 5.1 5.5 5.0 PST-R6P0 28 3.3 5.5 5.1 2.1 5.9 6.7 6.9 4.9 4.2 5.0 5.5 5.0 * NORTH SHORE SLT 19 3.4 5.1 5.1 2.7 5.6 6.4 6.6 4.6 4.3 5.3 5.5 5.0 PST-R6T9S 29 3.2 5.2 5.1 2.5 5.9 6.5 6.6 4.7 3.9 5.0 5.4 4.9 * NUMEX-SAHARA 5 3.2 5.3 4.8 1.8 5.6 6.4 6.7 4.7 3.9 4.9 5.2 4.8 LSD VALUE 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 C.V. (%) 11.1 8.7 8.5 10.6 7.7 7.4 6.8 9.3 10.5 7.9 8.2 8.6 */ COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2018 **/ 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.