TABLE 9A. SUMMER DENSITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS 1/ 1997-2001 DATA DENSITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=MAXIMUM DENSITY 2/ NAME AR1 AZ1 FL1 KY1 MO1 MO2 MO3 NM1 OK1 TX2 MEAN MINI-VERDE 8.3 8.1 5.1 8.8 8.2 8.0 8.7 8.1 8.8 8.8 8.1 TIFWAY 8.5 8.0 6.5 9.0 8.3 7.0 7.7 7.7 8.1 6.7 7.7 TIFGREEN 8.6 7.8 4.3 9.0 8.5 6.0 9.0 7.8 8.3 7.3 7.6 TIFSPORT (TIFT 94) 8.3 7.7 6.8 9.0 8.2 6.0 7.7 7.7 8.1 6.6 7.6 PATRIOT (OKC 18-4) 8.3 7.3 6.1 8.5 8.3 6.3 8.3 7.8 7.7 6.8 7.5 PRINCESS 7.3 7.5 7.2 8.5 8.3 5.7 7.7 7.8 7.5 6.6 7.4 RIVIERA (OKS 95-1) 6.8 6.9 6.4 9.0 8.2 6.0 8.0 7.8 7.6 6.7 7.3 CARDINAL 8.8 8.3 4.0 9.0 6.3 7.3 7.7 7.8 8.3 5.4 7.3 SWI-11 7.1 7.6 6.8 8.7 8.2 5.7 8.3 7.3 7.0 6.1 7.3 MIDLAWN 7.8 7.7 4.1 8.7 7.2 6.3 7.3 7.8 7.7 6.7 7.1 CN 2-9 8.0 7.5 5.5 5.0 7.8 6.7 8.3 7.3 8.0 7.1 7.1 OKC 19-9 7.3 6.9 4.8 8.7 7.7 5.7 8.3 7.4 7.8 6.6 7.1 SHANGHAI 7.8 6.3 5.3 7.8 7.7 5.3 7.3 7.4 7.0 5.8 6.8 TRANSCONTINENTAL (PST-R69C) 6.7 6.8 6.0 6.0 8.0 5.7 7.3 7.2 7.3 6.5 6.7 SOUTHERN STAR (J-1224) 6.3 6.0 5.5 5.8 7.7 4.7 7.3 6.1 6.8 6.3 6.2 SAVANNAH 6.2 5.7 4.8 6.2 8.0 5.0 6.3 6.3 6.8 5.3 6.0 SYDNEY (SWI-7) 5.7 4.9 6.1 6.2 7.8 4.3 7.0 6.3 6.8 5.2 6.0 SHANGRI LA 5.6 5.2 5.2 7.0 7.3 5.0 6.7 5.7 6.7 5.5 6.0 J-540 4.8 5.9 4.8 6.5 7.2 4.7 6.7 6.3 6.8 6.0 6.0 MAJESTIC 5.2 5.8 5.2 7.0 7.7 4.3 7.0 5.9 6.3 5.2 6.0 BLACKJACK 6.3 5.3 4.9 6.8 7.7 4.7 5.3 6.1 6.6 5.2 5.9 SUNDEVIL II 5.3 5.6 4.9 5.3 7.2 5.0 6.3 6.7 6.8 5.5 5.9 PYRAMID 5.3 5.7 4.4 6.5 7.3 4.3 6.3 6.0 6.6 4.9 5.7 BLUE-MUDA 4.7 5.7 5.2 7.2 7.2 4.3 5.7 5.6 6.5 5.3 5.7 MIRAGE 5.1 5.9 4.3 5.7 7.5 4.7 6.0 5.6 6.5 5.3 5.7 NUMEX-SAHARA 5.2 5.8 4.0 6.7 7.0 4.0 6.7 5.7 6.3 4.9 5.6 JACKPOT 5.3 5.6 4.7 6.8 6.5 4.3 5.0 5.8 6.4 4.9 5.5 ARIZONA COMMON 4.7 5.7 3.9 5.2 6.7 4.3 5.0 5.9 5.8 4.3 5.1 LSD VALUE 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.3 C.V. (%) 10.5 11.5 23.7 10.7 10.3 11.2 9.9 17.9 8.6 14.6 13.7 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.