TABLE 6. GENETIC COLOR RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A MODIFIED SOIL GREEN 1/ 1990-1993 DATA GENETIC COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=DARK GREEN 2/ NAME AZ1 CA1 KY1 LA1 WA3 MEAN PROVIDENCE 7.8 . 8.0 9.0 7.7 8.1 18TH GREEN (UM 84-01) 8.2 6.7 8.7 9.0 7.5 8.0 VIPER (88.CBL) 7.7 . 7.5 9.0 7.5 7.9 PRO/CUP (FORBES 89-12) 8.0 7.3 7.3 9.0 7.7 7.9 REGENT (NORMARC 101) 7.5 7.7 6.8 9.0 7.2 7.6 88.CBE 7.8 6.7 7.5 9.0 7.0 7.6 SR 1020 7.2 7.3 7.0 9.0 6.7 7.4 LOPEZ (WVPB 89-D-15) 7.3 6.3 6.8 9.0 7.0 7.3 COBRA 7.2 7.0 7.0 9.0 6.0 7.2 PUTTER 6.8 7.0 7.0 9.0 6.3 7.2 PENNCROSS 7.0 7.0 6.5 8.7 6.2 7.1 PENNLINKS 7.3 6.7 6.2 9.0 6.0 7.0 TAMU 88-1 6.8 7.3 6.2 8.7 5.7 6.9 MSCB-6 6.7 . 6.2 9.0 5.7 6.9 MSCB-8 6.8 6.7 6.7 9.0 5.2 6.9 CARMEN 6.5 6.3 6.8 9.0 5.7 6.9 NATIONAL 5.8 5.3 6.8 9.0 6.2 6.6 EMERALD 5.2 5.7 4.8 9.0 5.3 6.0 TRACENTA 5.7 4.3 5.2 8.0 6.0 5.8 BR 1518 6.5 5.0 3.8 8.3 5.2 5.8 BARDOT 6.2 3.3 4.7 8.3 5.7 5.6 ALLURE 5.3 4.7 4.5 8.0 4.8 5.5 EGMONT 5.7 4.7 3.8 8.0 4.2 5.3 LSD VALUE 1.0 1.8 1.3 0.4 1.7 0.6 1/ GENETIC COLOR RATED AT "AZ1" & "CA1" IN 1993 AND AT "KY1", "LA1" & "WA3" IN 1990. 2/ 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).