TABLE 3E. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS IN THE 1998 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BERMUDAGRASS TEST AT GREEN VALLEY, AZ (COUNTRY CLUB OF GREEN VALLEY) 1/ 1998-2001 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ TURFGRASS STIMPMETER READINGS MEASURED IN INCHES THATCH MEASUREMENTS IN MILLIMETERS FROST THATCH FALL COLOR RATINGS STIMPMETER READINGS PERCENT DENSITY RATINGS PERCENT LIVING COVER TOLERANCE 2000-01 SEP OCT NOV SPRING SUMMER FALL ESTABLISHMENT NAME SPRING SUMMER FALL SPRING SUMMER FALL 2001 2000-01 2000-01 2001 2001 1999-01 1999-01 SUMMER FALL TIFEAGLE 6.9 7.4 7.9 88.2 90.5 95.0 8.0 24.7 6.3 6.7 5.0 108.3 97.0 98.9 50.0 83.3 TIFGREEN 5.8 6.3 6.8 72.5 78.8 76.2 7.3 19.5 7.7 7.0 5.3 100.0 99.3 102.1 53.3 86.0 TIFDWARF 7.3 7.3 7.8 68.3 80.8 93.7 7.0 21.2 5.0 5.3 5.3 110.0 99.8 103.9 55.0 86.0 MINI-VERDE 7.1 7.2 7.9 80.8 87.3 91.2 7.0 24.7 6.2 6.0 5.0 116.7 101.3 102.6 40.0 76.0 MS-SUPREME 6.6 6.5 7.5 77.5 85.0 91.5 7.3 19.2 5.5 5.5 3.7 109.7 95.8 96.9 43.3 80.3 FLORADWARF 5.6 6.0 6.5 80.8 90.8 76.2 8.0 14.3 6.0 5.0 6.0 97.0 93.2 99.1 75.0 94.7 CHAMPION 6.2 6.7 7.7 72.3 79.0 83.7 3.3 21.2 5.0 4.5 2.3 126.7 109.2 112.7 43.3 81.0 LSD VALUE 1.0 1.4 0.8 22.4 21.2 10.8 2.3 3.9 1.8 1.8 1.2 7.6 21.1 21.5 8.3 5.8 C.V. (%) 15.6 20.4 12.4 18.1 14.7 10.4 17.9 16.3 22.6 23.7 14.4 4.1 15.2 15.0 9.6 3.9 TABLE 3E. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS (CONT'D) IN THE 1998 USGA/GCSAA/NTEP ON-SITE BERMUDAGRASS TEST AT GREEN VALLEY, AZ (COUNTRY CLUB OF GREEN VALLEY) 1/ 1998-2001 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ TURFGRASS STIMPMETER READINGS MEASURED IN INCHES THATCH MEASUREMENTS IN MILLIMETERS GENETIC SPRING LEAF SEEDLING QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR GREENUP TEXTURE VIGOR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV MEAN TIFEAGLE 7.1 6.3 7.7 6.3 4.8 6.0 6.9 7.0 7.6 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.8 TIFGREEN 7.2 6.7 6.5 6.3 4.5 5.1 6.1 5.9 7.2 7.8 7.3 6.8 6.6 TIFDWARF 6.7 7.0 7.5 6.7 4.2 6.8 7.3 7.6 6.7 5.3 6.0 6.0 6.4 MINI-VERDE 7.0 5.9 8.2 5.0 3.8 5.1 6.4 6.4 7.9 6.2 6.3 5.4 6.1 MS-SUPREME 6.4 6.6 7.5 5.3 4.5 5.3 6.2 5.9 7.0 6.2 5.7 5.9 6.1 FLORADWARF 5.4 5.4 5.6 8.7 6.2 4.9 5.2 5.3 4.8 5.9 6.3 7.0 5.8 CHAMPION 6.3 5.0 7.8 5.7 3.2 4.7 5.4 5.6 6.7 5.6 5.2 4.1 5.4 LSD VALUE 0.8 1.6 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.2 0.9 1.7 1.2 1.1 0.7 C.V. (%) 14.6 23.4 8.6 8.9 22.1 21.0 19.9 19.8 15.1 24.7 21.4 19.5 13.1 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.