TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS AT SIXTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1989 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME AR1 AZ1 CA2 CA3 FL1 KS1 KS2 MD1 MO4 MS1 OK1 TX1 UB1 VA1 VA2 VA4 MEAN MSB-10 8.4 8.1 6.9 6.4 6.9 7.8 8.0 7.3 4.0 7.3 7.0 7.3 7.1 6.4 6.4 7.7 7.1 * TIFWAY II 8.5 7.7 6.4 6.2 7.0 7.7 8.0 7.0 5.0 7.3 6.8 8.0 6.8 6.3 6.4 7.3 7.0 * TIFWAY 8.3 7.8 6.3 6.1 6.9 7.8 7.7 6.9 4.0 7.1 6.9 7.3 6.6 6.1 6.4 7.3 6.8 * TIFGREEN 7.7 6.9 5.4 5.3 6.9 7.5 8.0 6.8 4.3 6.9 6.3 7.7 7.3 7.1 6.7 7.5 6.8 MSB-30 7.3 6.6 6.0 6.3 6.7 7.3 8.2 6.6 6.0 6.1 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.5 7.9 6.7 NM 43 7.7 7.0 5.4 5.4 6.6 7.8 7.6 6.9 3.7 7.0 6.9 8.0 7.2 6.8 6.7 7.0 6.7 MSB-20 7.9 6.5 5.5 5.3 6.7 7.3 7.4 6.9 3.7 7.3 6.3 7.3 7.3 7.1 6.7 7.5 6.7 * TUFCOTE 7.6 6.2 5.1 5.7 6.8 7.6 8.0 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.7 7.0 6.7 5.8 6.9 6.4 A-29 6.9 6.9 5.5 5.8 6.1 7.2 8.2 6.7 5.7 5.3 5.8 5.7 6.8 6.9 5.9 6.3 6.3 NM 471 7.6 7.0 5.9 5.9 7.1 5.3 6.1 6.2 5.3 5.5 6.8 7.7 4.8 6.0 6.5 7.7 6.3 A-22 7.3 6.3 5.3 5.9 6.6 7.6 8.7 6.6 4.3 5.3 6.2 5.7 6.3 6.4 5.7 6.4 6.3 E-29 7.0 6.3 5.6 6.2 6.3 6.9 8.7 7.2 5.0 5.1 5.7 4.7 6.1 6.7 5.8 6.3 6.2 * TEXTURF 10 7.2 5.8 5.8 5.2 6.5 7.4 7.9 5.8 4.0 5.3 6.4 4.7 6.6 6.8 6.3 7.2 6.2 * MIDIRON 6.4 6.3 5.7 5.7 6.3 6.9 8.6 6.4 5.3 4.7 5.4 5.7 6.5 5.7 5.4 6.5 6.1 NM 507 7.4 7.3 6.0 5.8 7.3 3.7 6.6 5.7 5.0 5.5 6.0 7.3 4.3 5.2 6.6 7.7 6.1 NM 375 7.7 6.2 5.2 5.2 6.9 6.3 7.4 5.8 5.0 5.2 5.4 6.0 5.9 5.8 6.1 7.3 6.1 CT-23 7.6 6.8 5.4 5.9 6.3 6.9 7.3 6.4 4.7 5.9 5.8 5.7 4.8 4.3 5.5 7.0 6.0 RS-1 5.9 5.4 5.1 5.3 6.1 6.7 8.1 5.9 5.7 4.7 5.8 5.7 6.2 6.2 5.9 6.6 5.9 FB-119 7.2 6.0 4.9 5.3 6.5 5.3 6.2 6.0 6.7 5.3 5.2 5.3 4.7 6.4 6.1 7.3 5.9 * VAMONT 5.5 5.8 5.1 5.4 6.2 6.1 6.7 5.8 6.0 4.5 5.7 4.0 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.3 5.7 NM 72 6.6 6.1 4.9 4.9 6.7 5.1 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.7 4.9 5.9 6.3 7.4 5.7 NMS 3 6.9 6.4 5.1 5.5 6.3 5.8 5.3 5.7 5.3 4.5 5.4 4.3 5.0 5.4 5.7 7.1 5.6 NMS 4 6.7 5.8 5.1 5.1 6.5 5.9 6.0 5.2 5.3 3.8 5.6 4.0 5.1 5.8 5.7 7.1 5.5 * NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA) 5.8 5.1 4.9 5.0 5.9 5.5 6.0 5.2 4.3 3.2 5.5 4.7 4.9 5.1 4.9 6.7 5.2 NMS 14 5.4 4.8 5.0 4.7 6.1 5.5 6.1 5.6 6.3 3.5 4.8 3.7 4.2 5.2 5.1 6.6 5.2 NMS 2 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7 5.9 5.3 5.3 5.8 6.7 3.5 4.8 3.3 4.6 5.1 5.1 6.4 5.1 * GUYMON 4.6 5.4 4.7 4.9 5.8 5.1 6.2 5.1 4.7 2.7 5.2 3.3 4.7 4.1 4.8 5.3 4.8 * AZ. COMMON 5.6 4.8 4.6 4.6 5.9 3.9 5.2 4.2 4.7 3.3 4.7 3.0 3.8 4.0 4.3 5.8 4.5 LSD VALUE 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.4 0.6 0.9 1.6 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.4 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).