TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT NINETEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 1999 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AR1 AZ1 CA3 FL1 GA1 IL2 IN2 KS2 KY1 MD1 MO1 MO2 MS1 NM1 OK1 SC2 TX2 VA1 VA4 MEAN * TIFSPORT (TIFT 94) 6.8 7.2 4.8 6.1 7.2 7.4 6.8 5.7 7.8 6.9 7.5 5.8 7.8 7.7 7.7 7.6 5.8 5.9 6.6 6.8 OKS 95-1 6.9 6.7 5.1 5.1 6.7 7.2 6.8 7.2 8.1 7.3 7.9 6.3 5.8 7.3 6.9 7.0 5.6 6.5 6.4 6.7 * TIFWAY 6.6 7.0 4.7 5.3 7.3 7.6 6.4 6.1 6.7 7.0 7.2 5.4 7.6 7.8 7.8 7.5 5.9 5.6 6.6 6.6 OKC 18-4 7.6 5.8 5.1 4.8 7.3 7.2 6.8 6.2 7.3 7.0 7.8 5.9 5.6 7.3 7.6 6.8 6.0 5.8 7.1 6.6 * TIFGREEN 6.8 6.3 5.5 5.2 7.4 7.2 6.3 5.3 5.6 7.4 7.9 5.4 6.7 7.6 7.7 7.1 6.0 5.2 6.3 6.5 * PRINCESS 7.2 7.0 4.9 5.5 6.3 6.4 6.4 5.4 7.1 7.3 7.9 5.1 6.4 7.3 6.8 6.6 6.0 6.6 6.6 6.5 * MIDLAWN 7.2 6.6 4.8 3.9 7.4 7.7 6.3 6.2 7.4 6.4 6.6 6.0 5.9 8.0 7.2 6.9 5.8 5.5 6.8 6.4 OKC 19-9 4.9 6.2 4.9 5.1 7.4 6.8 6.8 5.9 6.9 7.9 7.2 5.7 5.7 7.2 7.2 7.0 5.6 4.6 6.9 6.3 CN 2-9 6.4 6.6 4.9 5.5 6.5 6.4 6.4 5.6 4.7 6.8 6.1 5.2 6.8 7.4 7.3 7.9 5.6 4.8 6.4 6.2 * SHANGHAI 7.1 5.7 5.1 3.9 6.6 6.2 5.4 5.9 6.9 7.1 7.8 5.8 5.7 6.4 6.3 6.0 5.3 6.2 6.6 6.1 PST-R69C 6.2 6.0 4.8 5.0 5.8 4.4 4.8 4.9 6.5 7.0 8.1 4.8 5.8 6.9 6.1 6.3 5.6 6.1 6.3 5.9 SWI-11 6.1 6.6 4.8 5.3 6.0 4.7 5.2 4.5 6.3 6.4 7.3 4.6 6.0 7.1 5.8 6.1 5.5 5.8 6.4 5.8 CARDINAL 6.2 6.5 4.4 4.5 6.9 8.1 6.1 6.3 6.3 5.1 4.1 6.1 6.9 6.3 5.1 5.6 5.2 4.1 6.1 5.8 * MINI-VERDE 5.5 6.6 5.5 5.1 7.2 6.4 5.3 3.7 4.9 7.2 4.9 2.0 6.2 7.0 5.4 8.0 5.0 3.4 6.6 5.6 * SAVANNAH 5.6 4.7 4.8 4.2 5.8 3.3 5.5 4.3 6.4 6.8 7.4 4.7 5.1 6.2 5.6 5.5 4.6 5.3 6.4 5.4 * BLACKJACK 5.6 4.6 4.6 3.8 5.9 3.9 4.4 4.9 6.8 6.3 7.5 4.8 5.3 5.8 5.5 4.7 4.7 6.2 6.4 5.4 * MAJESTIC 4.6 4.6 4.9 4.1 6.0 4.7 4.3 5.1 6.8 5.8 7.2 4.7 4.9 6.2 5.8 5.4 4.7 5.7 6.2 5.3 * SOUTHERN STAR (J-1224) 5.5 5.4 4.6 4.3 6.1 3.4 3.7 4.9 5.7 6.5 7.3 4.7 4.8 6.5 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.2 6.1 5.3 J-540 4.9 5.0 4.6 4.0 5.9 3.9 3.9 5.2 6.5 5.9 7.5 4.7 4.8 6.0 5.6 5.0 5.4 5.6 6.4 5.3 * SHANGRI LA 5.5 4.7 4.8 4.3 5.9 3.9 4.0 4.7 6.2 5.8 7.2 4.8 4.9 5.7 5.5 4.8 4.8 5.7 6.3 5.2 * SYDNEY (SWI-7) 5.8 4.3 4.6 4.5 5.5 4.3 4.3 4.5 6.0 5.5 7.2 4.4 4.7 5.5 5.6 4.9 4.9 5.8 6.2 5.2 * PYRAMID 4.7 4.5 4.6 3.9 6.0 3.3 3.9 4.7 6.5 6.1 7.1 4.5 4.6 6.1 5.6 5.1 4.3 5.9 6.1 5.1 * MIRAGE 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.2 6.3 3.4 4.5 4.7 6.5 5.4 7.0 4.7 4.7 5.8 5.4 5.1 4.4 6.0 6.0 5.1 * BLUE-MUDA 4.4 4.8 4.6 4.1 5.6 3.6 4.3 4.6 6.8 4.9 6.8 4.8 5.0 5.9 5.4 4.6 4.7 6.2 6.3 5.1 * SUNDEVIL II 4.4 4.8 4.5 4.1 5.9 4.1 4.6 4.1 5.4 6.2 7.1 4.7 5.1 5.8 5.5 5.1 4.2 5.5 6.1 5.1 * JACKPOT 5.3 4.6 4.8 3.6 6.2 4.2 4.2 3.7 6.5 5.0 6.8 4.5 4.5 5.4 5.3 4.7 4.5 5.4 6.2 5.0 * NUMEX-SAHARA 4.3 4.8 4.5 3.6 5.7 4.0 3.5 4.4 6.8 4.8 7.0 4.3 4.8 5.6 5.6 4.9 4.6 5.8 6.1 5.0 * ARIZONA COMMON 4.4 4.4 4.7 3.3 5.5 3.5 3.3 3.6 6.3 4.6 6.2 4.6 4.5 5.5 5.2 4.8 4.3 4.9 5.8 4.7 LSD VALUE 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.2 C.V. (%) 7.8 9.3 3.8 10.6 6.4 10.9 11.6 9.5 7.1 7.9 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.3 3.4 6.4 6.1 12.0 5.0 7.7 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2000. 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 MEAN IN EACH COLUMN.