APPENDIX TABLE. SUMMARY OF TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS FOR BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS IN THE 1997 NATIONAL BERMUDAGRASS TEST 1/ 1997-2001 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ STATISTICS FOR ALL LOCATIONS ALL LOCATIONS SUM OF HIGHEST LOWEST MAXIMUM NAME MEAN 1/ RANK 2/ RANKS 3/ RANK 4/ RANK 5/ RANK 6/ IN TOP 25% 7/ ARIZONA COMMON 4.6 28 537 28 23 28 0 BLACKJACK 5.3 16 341 18 4 27 5 BLUE-MUDA 5.0 24 432 25 6 26 5 CARDINAL 5.6 13 320 15 1 28 20 CN 2-9 5.9 10 218 11 2 25 25 J-540 5.2 19 347 19 10 23 0 JACKPOT 4.9 26 465 27 15 28 0 MAJESTIC 5.2 18 337 17 13 27 0 MIDLAWN 6.2 7 151 7 1 28 65 MINI-VERDE 5.3 17 317 14 5 28 25 MIRAGE 5.0 25 423 24 7 28 5 NUMEX-SAHARA 4.9 27 463 26 16 27 0 OKC 19-9 5.9 8 195 9 2 27 50 PATRIOT (OKC 18-4) 6.3 2 108 2 1 13 70 PRINCESS 6.2 5 119 3 1 13 60 PYRAMID 5.1 23 418 23 9 27 0 RIVIERA (OKS 95-1) 6.5 1 91 1 1 12 80 SAVANNAH 5.3 15 316 13 11 22 0 SHANGHAI 5.9 9 187 8 3 16 30 SHANGRI LA 5.1 21 407 22 10 27 0 SOUTHERN STAR (J-1224) 5.3 14 323 16 11 28 0 SUNDEVIL II 5.1 22 392 21 12 27 0 SWI-11 5.7 12 229 12 2 20 30 SYDNEY (SWI-7) 5.2 20 379 20 6 28 5 TIFGREEN 6.2 6 136 6 1 23 70 TIFSPORT (TIFT 94) 6.3 3 136 6 1 22 60 TIFWAY 6.3 4 133 4 1 23 65 TRANSCONTINENTAL (PST-R69C) 5.8 11 211 10 3 21 25 LSD VALUE 0.1 C.V. (%) 14.5 */ 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). **/ C.V. (COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION) INDICATES THE PERCENT VARIATION OF THE MEAN IN EACH COLUMN. 1/ MEAN - AN AVERAGE OF ALL THE TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS FROM ALL LOCATIONS. 2/ RANK - RANKING OF THE MEAN OF ALL QUALITY RATINGS. 3/ SUM OF RANKS - A SUM OF ALL THE RANKINGS FROM THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS. 4/ RANK - THE RANKING OF THE SUM OF RANKS. 5/ HIGHEST RANK - THE HIGHEST RANKING ACHIEVED BY THAT ENTRY AT ANY ONE LOCATION. 6/ LOWEST RANK - THE LOWEST RANKING ACHIEVED BY THAT ENTRY AT ANY ONE LOCATION. 7/ MAXIMUM IN TOP 25% - THE PERCENTAGE OF LOCATIONS WHERE THAT ENTRY FINISHED IN THE TOP 25% OF ALL ENTRIES.