TABLE 1. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A GREEN AT TWENTY-THREE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 2000 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AL1 AZ1 IA1 IL1 KS1 KY1 MA1 ME1 MI1 MO1 MT1 NE1 NJ1 NY1 OK1 PA1 RI1 SC2 TX1 UT1 VA1 WA3 WI1 MEAN * PENN A-1 6.7 6.5 6.6 4.8 5.8 7.1 6.3 6.9 7.3 5.1 6.0 7.5 7.1 5.9 7.2 6.6 7.8 7.9 6.4 4.7 6.3 5.8 5.0 6.4 * PENN A-4 6.7 7.3 6.9 4.8 5.1 6.3 6.3 6.6 7.0 4.9 6.2 7.2 6.5 5.9 7.0 7.2 7.7 7.9 6.4 5.6 5.6 6.0 5.0 6.4 * PENN G-1 6.5 6.9 6.2 4.8 6.1 7.2 6.3 6.8 7.0 6.1 5.6 7.1 6.5 6.1 7.0 6.8 7.3 7.7 6.3 5.0 6.1 5.9 4.3 6.3 * PENN A-2 6.7 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.7 7.8 6.3 6.7 7.3 5.7 5.7 6.9 6.1 6.0 6.9 6.7 7.6 7.9 5.9 4.6 6.4 5.7 3.7 6.3 * L-93 6.4 6.6 6.4 4.8 6.1 7.0 6.3 6.4 7.1 5.9 5.8 6.9 6.3 6.0 7.0 6.9 7.8 7.8 5.7 5.3 5.8 5.3 4.0 6.2 PST-A2E 6.9 6.0 6.5 4.3 5.5 6.6 6.0 7.0 7.1 5.7 5.7 6.7 6.5 5.8 6.9 6.8 7.6 7.7 5.6 5.0 6.3 5.9 4.7 6.2 SYN 96-3 5.9 5.6 7.4 4.2 4.7 5.6 5.5 6.9 6.8 5.6 6.2 7.7 6.0 5.7 6.6 7.4 7.6 7.6 6.0 6.5 6.4 5.7 4.0 6.2 * PENN G-6 6.2 6.2 6.3 4.7 5.8 6.5 6.4 6.8 6.8 5.6 5.4 6.9 6.1 6.1 7.0 7.2 7.8 7.5 5.6 4.8 5.8 5.8 3.3 6.1 SYN 96-1 5.8 5.5 6.9 4.4 4.7 6.1 6.0 6.7 6.8 5.3 6.6 6.9 5.9 6.0 6.3 7.3 7.3 7.9 5.6 5.7 6.3 5.7 4.0 6.1 * BENGAL (BAR AS 8FUS2) 6.7 7.0 6.9 4.8 5.1 6.5 6.2 6.9 6.7 5.8 5.7 7.1 5.3 5.7 6.7 7.1 6.8 7.7 5.6 4.8 5.2 5.6 4.0 6.1 SYN 96-2 5.3 5.8 7.6 4.3 4.4 6.1 5.9 6.8 6.3 5.1 6.2 7.4 5.7 6.1 6.2 7.1 7.7 7.6 5.4 5.8 6.1 5.4 5.0 6.1 ISI AP-5 6.4 6.8 6.4 4.6 5.3 6.5 5.9 6.5 6.5 5.3 5.6 6.8 5.3 5.7 6.9 6.9 6.3 7.6 5.9 4.3 5.6 5.7 5.0 6.0 SRX 1NJH 6.2 5.9 5.9 4.2 5.2 7.0 6.2 7.3 6.7 4.4 5.6 6.2 5.8 6.1 6.9 6.7 6.7 7.7 5.4 4.5 6.3 5.6 4.3 5.9 * CENTURY 6.5 6.4 7.0 4.8 4.4 6.1 5.7 6.3 6.2 5.4 5.9 6.7 5.0 5.7 6.1 7.3 6.3 7.6 5.7 4.9 5.6 5.4 4.3 5.9 * IMPERIAL 5.8 6.3 6.7 4.5 4.8 6.3 6.0 6.3 6.6 4.9 5.9 6.5 5.2 5.4 6.3 6.7 6.8 7.6 5.6 4.6 5.8 5.3 4.0 5.8 SRX 1BPAA 6.2 6.2 5.3 4.2 5.1 6.8 5.6 7.1 6.7 4.7 5.5 6.3 4.8 6.1 6.6 6.3 7.0 7.7 4.9 4.9 5.6 5.7 4.7 5.8 ABT-CRB-1 4.8 4.9 6.8 4.3 4.9 6.3 5.3 7.0 7.0 3.6 5.6 8.1 6.0 5.8 6.6 6.3 7.1 7.4 5.9 5.1 5.1 5.3 4.7 5.8 * SR 1119 5.6 6.0 5.8 4.7 5.2 6.9 5.8 6.6 6.5 5.3 5.6 6.4 5.4 6.0 6.7 6.9 6.3 7.7 5.3 4.4 5.3 5.4 3.7 5.8 * BRIGHTON (SRX 1120) 6.1 6.1 5.6 4.5 5.1 6.3 6.1 6.4 6.7 5.4 5.0 6.4 5.3 6.0 6.6 6.4 6.8 7.7 4.9 4.5 5.3 5.7 4.3 5.8 PICK CB 13-94 6.1 6.2 5.7 4.7 5.3 5.9 6.1 6.7 6.4 5.3 5.7 6.2 4.5 6.0 6.6 6.2 6.7 7.4 5.4 4.1 6.1 5.0 4.7 5.8 BAR CB 8US3 6.4 6.6 6.3 4.4 4.8 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.1 5.9 4.9 6.6 5.0 5.7 6.4 6.2 5.8 7.9 4.9 4.6 5.1 5.7 4.7 5.7 * CRENSHAW 5.4 6.2 7.0 4.1 4.2 5.9 5.9 6.7 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.2 5.9 6.2 5.5 6.1 7.8 4.7 5.1 5.9 4.9 5.0 5.7 * BACKSPIN 6.1 6.1 6.4 4.3 4.7 6.1 5.8 6.3 6.0 5.4 5.7 5.9 5.4 5.7 6.3 6.2 6.0 7.7 5.5 4.3 5.4 5.2 4.0 5.7 * PROVIDENCE 5.6 6.1 6.3 5.0 4.7 5.8 5.8 6.2 6.2 4.5 5.0 6.3 5.1 5.5 6.5 6.2 6.8 7.8 5.1 4.8 5.0 5.6 4.3 5.7 * VESPER (PICK MVB) 5.3 4.4 4.5 3.5 5.1 4.8 7.2 8.7 7.5 4.2 5.7 2.8 6.3 6.0 4.8 4.6 7.5 7.3 3.3 2.5 6.2 6.9 5.0 5.4 * SR 7200 4.8 3.8 4.4 4.0 5.1 4.6 7.0 8.4 6.8 4.8 5.0 2.5 6.6 5.7 4.1 4.1 8.0 7.4 3.7 2.6 6.1 6.8 3.7 5.2 * PENNLINKS 5.5 5.4 5.3 4.1 5.1 5.5 6.2 5.9 6.3 5.2 5.1 5.3 3.1 5.7 6.1 5.5 5.0 7.3 4.7 3.1 5.1 4.6 3.7 5.2 * PENNCROSS 5.1 5.0 5.1 4.3 5.3 4.8 5.9 6.1 6.3 5.2 5.1 5.2 3.2 6.1 6.1 5.4 4.6 7.2 4.9 3.0 5.5 4.5 3.7 5.1 * BAVARIA 3.6 3.9 4.2 3.1 5.4 4.7 5.5 4.8 5.8 4.1 4.1 3.0 2.1 4.9 2.8 1.4 4.3 7.1 3.1 2.0 4.3 3.5 2.7 3.9 LSD VALUE 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.9 1.0 0.2 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.5 1.9 0.2 C.V. (%) 9.9 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.9 8.4 5.0 4.9 4.7 13.3 7.6 9.3 8.9 10.1 3.3 8.9 8.8 1.9 8.9 11.4 8.6 5.3 28.2 9.1 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2001. 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.