TABLE 3A. RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS AT EIGHTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1/ 1988 DATA QUALITY RANKINGS; 1=HIGHEST MEAN: STATE LOCATIONS REPORTING 2/ NAME AR1 CA2 CA3 FL1 KS1 KS2 LA1 LA2 MD1 MS1 MS2 NM1 NM2 OK1 TX1 UB1 VA1 VA2 MEAN MSB-20 3 13.0 4.0 15.0 9.0 6.5 4.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 20.0 2.5 12.0 2.0 3.0 1.5 8.0 1 MSB-10 1 1.0 13.0 5.0 13.0 3.5 5.0 8.0 5.5 5.0 5.5 4.0 6.5 8.0 4.0 5.0 1.5 2.0 2 TIFWAY II 2 3.0 11.5 6.0 14.0 3.5 2.5 6.0 8.5 4.0 8.0 2.0 6.5 15.0 4.0 7.5 4.0 3.5 3 TIFWAY 5 4.5 16.5 2.0 16.0 5.0 2.5 6.0 11.0 6.0 7.0 10.0 2.5 2.5 6.0 7.5 3.0 1.0 4 TIFGREEN 7 15.0 10.0 23.0 4.0 11.0 6.0 3.0 12.5 3.0 2.0 22.5 9.5 8.0 1.0 2.0 5.5 5.0 5 NM 43 10 15.0 3.0 9.0 12.0 11.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.0 5.5 16.5 6.5 12.0 9.5 1.0 5.5 3.5 6 MSB-30 6 2.0 9.0 10.0 8.0 15.0 11.0 10.0 15.0 7.0 3.0 6.5 9.5 1.0 4.0 7.5 9.5 19.5 7 TUFCOTE 8 12.0 7.5 8.0 5.0 8.5 8.0 9.0 17.0 10.0 9.5 13.5 11.5 12.0 19.5 4.0 12.0 14.0 8 E-29 13 6.0 1.0 20.0 6.0 1.0 19.5 18.0 8.5 12.5 27.0 1.0 2.5 17.5 22.0 11.0 9.5 17.5 9 A-22 15 10.0 2.0 12.0 3.0 2.0 12.0 13.0 8.5 9.0 22.5 8.0 15.5 5.0 13.0 7.5 14.0 10.0 10 TEXTURF 10 4 9.0 15.0 17.5 10.5 13.0 17.5 12.0 22.5 11.0 13.5 3.0 6.5 5.0 19.5 12.5 7.5 14.0 11 A-29 16 11.0 7.5 21.0 2.0 6.5 14.5 15.0 14.0 12.5 16.0 13.5 11.5 10.0 17.0 10.0 7.5 14.0 12 CT-23 17 17.5 16.5 13.0 17.0 14.0 10.0 15.0 4.0 8.0 19.5 12.0 2.5 25.5 13.0 17.0 11.0 22.0 13 NM 471 9 7.0 18.0 3.0 26.5 22.5 8.0 6.0 25.0 14.0 4.0 6.5 15.5 8.0 7.5 18.5 16.0 14.0 14 NM 375 14 15.0 14.0 1.0 19.0 11.0 14.5 11.0 26.0 16.0 15.0 9.0 13.0 15.0 9.5 14.0 23.5 10.0 15 NM 507 11 4.5 22.5 4.0 28.0 18.0 8.0 4.0 28.0 15.0 12.0 5.0 18.0 2.5 7.5 24.0 26.0 7.0 16 MIDIRON 21 8.0 5.0 11.0 7.0 8.5 19.5 20.5 21.0 17.0 26.0 18.5 20.0 19.0 22.0 12.5 14.0 14.0 17 RS-1 22 17.5 11.5 28.0 1.0 16.0 23.0 22.0 2.5 21.0 17.0 21.0 15.5 17.5 13.0 16.0 14.0 23.0 18 FB-119 12 22.0 25.0 7.0 23.0 22.5 13.0 18.0 8.5 18.0 9.5 15.0 20.0 20.0 13.0 22.0 17.5 10.0 19 VAMONT 24 20.5 6.0 27.0 10.5 19.5 23.0 24.0 12.5 22.0 13.5 26.0 23.0 5.0 13.0 15.0 20.0 19.5 20 NM 72 19 24.0 22.5 14.0 26.5 27.0 16.0 20.5 18.5 19.0 11.0 22.5 15.5 22.0 17.0 25.0 22.0 6.0 21 NMS 3 18 19.0 27.0 17.5 25.0 28.0 17.5 15.0 16.0 20.0 18.0 16.5 20.0 22.0 17.0 23.0 17.5 21.0 22 NMS 4 20 20.5 28.0 16.0 21.0 26.0 21.0 18.0 20.0 23.0 22.5 11.0 25.0 22.0 22.0 20.0 19.0 17.5 23 NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA) 25 25.0 26.0 19.0 20.0 19.5 25.0 26.0 22.5 24.0 24.0 18.5 23.0 15.0 25.5 18.5 21.0 25.0 24 NMS 2 27 26.0 19.5 25.0 22.0 25.0 23.0 23.0 5.5 25.5 19.5 25.0 23.0 25.5 24.0 26.0 25.0 24.0 25 NMS 14 23 23.0 19.5 22.0 18.0 17.0 26.0 25.0 18.5 25.5 21.0 27.0 26.0 25.5 25.5 28.0 23.5 26.0 26 AZ. COMMON 26 27.0 22.5 26.0 24.0 22.5 27.0 27.0 24.0 27.0 25.0 28.0 27.0 28.0 27.0 27.0 27.0 28.0 27 GUYMON 28 28.0 22.5 24.0 15.0 22.5 28.0 28.0 27.0 28.0 28.0 24.0 28.0 25.5 28.0 21.0 28.0 27.0 28 1/ THIS TABLE CONTAINS NO STATISTICAL VALUES (LSD VALUES), THEREFORE IT SHOULD ONLY BE USED TO DETERMINE THE GENERAL PERFORMANCE OF AN ENTRY OR ENTRIES ACROSS SEVERAL LOCATIONS OR REGIONS. TO ASSESS STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, REFER TO THE MEANS AND LSD VALUES IN TABLE 1. 2/ RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY IS ACHIEVED BY ASSIGNING "1" TO THE HIGHEST MEAN, "2" TO THE SECOND HIGHEST MEAN, ETC. FOR EACH LOCATION. IF MEANS ARE TIED, THE MEAN OF THE RANKS THEY ARE TIED FOR IS USED. FOR EXAMPLE, IF TWO MEANS ARE TIED FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD RANKS, BOTH ARE ASSIGNED "2.5".