TABLE 1C. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS (SEEDED) AT EIGHTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1988 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME AR1 CA2 CA3 FL1 KS1 KS2 LA1 LA2 MD1 MS1 MS2 NM1 NM2 OK1 TX1 UB1 VA1 VA2 MEAN NMS 3 6.4 5.2 4.7 5.3 4.3 5.0 6.8 7.0 5.9 4.9 2.5 5.1 5.0 5.9 6.0 4.5 6.2 6.3 5.4 NMS 4 6.4 5.1 4.7 5.3 4.9 5.3 6.6 6.8 5.6 4.1 2.2 5.6 3.7 5.9 5.3 4.9 6.0 6.4 5.3 NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA) 5.7 4.9 4.9 5.3 5.0 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.3 3.9 2.1 5.0 4.7 6.3 4.3 4.9 5.7 5.9 5.1 NMS 2 5.5 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.9 5.4 6.2 6.3 6.4 3.9 2.4 4.4 4.7 5.8 5.0 4.1 5.2 6.0 5.1 NMS 14 5.9 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.1 6.6 5.7 6.0 5.8 3.9 2.2 3.6 3.3 5.8 4.3 3.6 5.3 5.7 4.9 AZ. COMMON 5.5 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.6 6.1 5.6 5.3 5.0 3.8 2.0 3.2 2.7 5.7 4.0 3.8 4.9 5.0 4.6 GUYMON 5.0 4.5 5.0 5.1 5.7 6.1 5.2 5.2 4.4 3.2 1.3 4.6 1.7 5.8 3.0 4.7 4.6 5.4 4.5 LSD VALUE 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.0 0.5 1.6 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.8 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.2 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).