TABLE 6.                            MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS                                             
                                         GROWN ON A FAIRWAY OR TEE WITHOUT POA ANNUA SUPPRESSION AT WEST LAFAYETTE, IN    1/                           
                                                                         2023 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/ 

                                    POA       CANOPY          DOLLAR SPOT                                 QUALITY RATINGS     
         NAME                      ANNUA    SMOOTHNESS     8/8         8/14      APR     MAY     JUN     JUL     AUG     SEP    OCT    NOV    MEAN                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                           
         MATCH PLAY                 9.0         8.0         8.3         7.0      7.0     8.0     7.7     8.0     5.7     7.7    7.0    7.3     7.3         
         OAKLEY (PPG-AP-MTV1)       8.7         6.3         9.0         8.0      6.7     7.3     7.3     7.7     6.7     7.0    7.0    7.0     7.1         
         PVF-PV-2                   9.0         7.0         8.7         8.3      6.3     7.3     7.3     7.3     7.3     7.3    6.7    6.7     7.0         
         DLF-AP-3084                9.0         7.0         8.7         7.7      6.0     7.0     7.0     7.3     6.7     7.3    6.3    7.3     6.9         
         PST-0MRN                   8.3         5.0         7.3         5.7      6.3     7.7     7.7     7.3     4.7     7.0    7.0    7.3     6.9         
         CHINOOK (H10G-OP)          9.0         7.0         8.0         7.0      6.0     7.0     7.3     7.0     5.7     7.7    6.7    7.0     6.8         
         PIRANHA                    9.0         6.7         8.0         6.3      5.7     7.7     7.3     7.7     5.0     7.0    7.3    7.0     6.8         
         PST-R0DS                   8.0         6.3         8.7         7.0      5.3     6.3     7.7     7.0     6.0     7.3    7.0    7.3     6.8         
         PST-0R2O                   8.3         5.7         8.0         6.0      5.3     6.3     7.0     7.3     5.3     7.0    7.7    7.3     6.7         
         PVF-PV-1                   8.7         6.3         9.0         8.3      5.7     6.7     6.7     7.3     6.7     6.7    7.0    7.0     6.7         
         PIPER (PPG-AP-MTV2)        8.7         5.7         8.7         8.0      6.0     7.0     6.7     7.0     6.0     6.7    6.7    7.0     6.6         
         S1                         8.7         6.7         9.0         7.0      6.0     6.7     7.0     7.0     5.7     7.3    6.3    6.7     6.6         
         007XL                      8.7         5.3         8.7         8.0      6.0     6.3     7.0     6.7     6.3     6.3    6.7    6.3     6.5         
         SHARK                      9.0         5.3         7.3         4.7      6.0     6.7     7.3     7.7     4.3     7.0    6.7    6.3     6.5         
         SPECTRUM (LNS 19)          8.7         5.3         9.0         8.3      5.3     7.0     6.7     7.0     7.3     6.7    6.3    6.0     6.5         
         TOURPRO                    8.7         7.0         8.3         7.3      6.0     6.3     6.7     7.3     6.0     6.7    6.3    6.7     6.5         
         BARRACUDA                  8.7         7.0         8.3         6.0      5.7     6.0     7.0     7.0     5.0     7.0    6.7    6.0     6.3         
         MUSKET                     6.3         9.0         8.3         7.0      4.3     5.3     6.0     6.0     5.7     6.0    6.0    5.0     5.5         
         PENNCROSS                  6.0         9.0         6.7         4.7      4.3     5.0     6.0     5.7     4.3     6.0    6.0    5.0     5.3         

         LSD VALUE                  1.0         3.2         2.2         2.1      2.0     2.5     2.8     2.5     1.8     2.2    1.5    1.0     1.2         
         C.V. (%)                   7.3        21.9        10.7        16.2     15.1    15.7    12.8    12.7    16.4    11.2    9.1    9.0     8.8         

         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.