TABLE 1B. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF SEEDED BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS AT FOURTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1987 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME AZ1 CA2 CA3 FL1 KS1 KS2 LA1 LA2 MS1 MS2 NM1 OK1 UB1 VA1 MEAN NMS 4 3.3 4.7 4.4 4.9 5.7 7.1 7.0 6.0 4.3 3.3 4.4 4.7 6.0 4.6 5.0 NMS 3 4.7 5.0 4.4 4.6 5.2 6.8 7.0 6.3 4.6 2.9 4.3 3.9 5.6 4.4 5.0 * NMS 1 (NUMEX- 5.0 4.5 4.4 5.2 5.6 6.4 7.0 . 3.9 3.3 3.7 5.3 5.7 4.6 5.0 SAHARA) NMS 2 3.7 4.2 4.9 4.9 5.4 5.4 6.7 7.0 3.9 3.3 3.6 5.1 5.3 4.5 4.8 NMS 14 3.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 5.7 5.7 7.0 7.0 3.9 3.1 3.0 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.7 * AZ. COMMON 3.3 4.2 4.5 4.8 5.5 6.3 7.0 7.0 3.7 3.0 3.2 3.6 4.6 3.9 4.6 * GUYMON 3.0 4.1 4.4 4.0 4.8 5.7 6.3 6.3 3.5 2.1 4.2 3.6 5.0 4.3 4.4 LSD VALUE 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.5 0.7 0.2 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE VARIETY 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).