TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT SIXTEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 1996 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AL1 AR1 AZ1 CA2 CA3 GA1 GA2 IL2 KS2 KY1 MS1 NM1 OK1 OK2 TX1 UB1 MEAN * TIFWAY 4.8 8.4 6.6 6.2 5.7 6.2 4.7 6.6 8.3 8.7 7.5 8.1 7.9 7.9 6.7 7.1 6.9 * BABY (TDS-BM1) 4.6 8.6 7.4 5.5 6.0 3.4 3.6 7.2 6.9 8.6 6.8 7.0 8.0 8.2 6.6 5.3 6.5 * MIDIRON 4.7 8.3 6.2 5.7 5.9 3.8 3.2 6.2 7.6 7.3 5.9 7.7 6.9 6.9 5.9 6.6 6.2 * TIFGREEN 4.6 8.5 7.6 5.4 5.5 3.2 3.4 6.6 6.7 7.9 6.3 6.0 8.1 8.1 5.8 5.1 6.2 * MIDLAWN 4.6 7.6 5.8 5.3 5.5 3.5 2.5 5.0 8.2 7.5 5.5 7.2 7.1 6.9 6.3 6.3 5.9 * MIDFIELD 4.6 6.9 5.5 5.7 5.7 2.7 3.1 6.4 7.5 7.2 5.7 7.8 6.5 6.5 6.5 5.9 5.9 OKS 91-11 4.6 6.4 5.7 5.1 4.7 3.6 3.6 4.1 7.4 7.5 5.0 7.0 6.0 5.5 5.0 6.5 5.5 STF-1 4.7 7.4 5.2 5.2 5.3 3.1 2.7 5.0 6.7 6.3 5.6 6.3 6.6 6.7 4.2 6.2 5.5 * MIRAGE (90173) 4.6 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.3 3.8 3.9 4.3 6.5 8.3 5.0 5.7 5.9 5.3 4.3 7.1 5.4 * TEXTURF 10 4.7 7.6 5.6 5.7 5.3 3.8 1.9 3.8 4.7 7.3 5.1 6.6 6.4 6.2 4.9 6.7 5.4 * JACKPOT (J-912) 4.5 6.2 6.5 4.8 4.9 4.8 2.8 4.4 5.8 7.9 5.0 5.3 5.8 5.5 4.7 7.1 5.4 * FMC-6 (FMC 6-91) 4.7 6.2 5.7 4.8 4.7 3.9 3.6 4.1 3.9 7.2 4.9 6.9 6.3 5.8 4.8 6.1 5.2 J-27 4.7 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.0 3.7 3.3 3.7 6.7 7.5 4.9 5.9 5.5 5.0 4.6 6.2 5.2 FMC 5-91 4.8 5.8 5.3 5.0 5.0 3.4 3.2 3.8 4.1 7.0 4.9 5.3 5.9 5.7 4.2 5.8 5.0 * GUYMON 4.7 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1 3.3 3.0 3.3 6.0 6.8 4.9 6.1 5.3 4.9 4.2 5.7 4.9 * SUNDEVIL 4.5 5.4 5.3 5.0 5.0 3.5 2.7 2.9 6.0 7.5 5.0 4.8 5.6 5.3 4.1 6.7 4.9 FMC 3-91 4.6 6.1 6.2 5.2 4.9 4.5 3.5 3.9 3.9 6.1 4.9 4.5 6.0 5.7 4.0 4.6 4.9 OKS 91-1 4.7 5.6 4.9 4.6 4.7 3.5 2.8 3.1 5.1 7.2 4.7 4.9 5.4 5.1 4.7 5.6 4.8 FMC 2-90 4.7 5.8 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.0 3.5 3.1 4.5 6.9 4.7 4.2 5.7 5.3 3.5 6.0 4.8 * CHEYENNE 4.6 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.0 2.9 3.0 4.7 5.9 4.7 4.2 5.2 5.1 3.9 6.9 4.7 * NUMEX-SAHARA 4.6 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.8 3.2 2.8 3.6 3.0 6.6 4.6 5.3 5.5 5.0 3.9 6.1 4.6 * PRIMAVERA (FMC 1-90) 4.7 5.1 4.5 4.7 4.7 3.7 3.4 3.6 2.9 6.5 4.7 4.7 5.3 4.7 4.2 5.8 4.6 * SONESTA 4.6 5.6 4.7 4.6 4.7 3.8 2.2 3.6 3.2 5.9 4.3 5.2 5.3 4.9 3.6 5.7 4.5 * ARIZONA COMMON-SEED 4.6 4.9 4.2 4.5 4.6 3.5 2.9 3.0 2.7 5.5 4.1 4.2 4.9 4.8 4.1 5.1 4.2 * FLORADWARF (FHB-135) 4.3 7.1 5.1 3.8 4.0 1.6 1.8 6.8 4.9 3.4 2.5 2.6 4.9 6.4 3.1 1.0 3.9 * ARIZONA COMMON-VEG. 4.6 5.5 2.9 4.4 4.5 1.9 1.6 3.1 2.1 3.1 3.7 3.8 5.7 5.4 3.7 4.9 3.8 LSD VALUE 0.2 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.8 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.2 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.9 0.3 C.V. (%) 3.0 7.5 8.2 3.3 5.5 31.3 24.4 15.4 10.2 11.0 7.3 9.3 6.1 8.2 11.9 20.5 12.0 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 1997. 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 MEANS IN EACH COLUMN.