TABLE 8. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A GREEN AT TEN LOCATIONS USING 2.0-4.0 LBS. OF NITROGEN/1000 SQ. FT./YEAR 1/ 2000 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AZ1 IA1 IL1 KS1 KY1 MO1 MT1 NY1 RI1 WI1 MEAN PENN G-1 6.9 6.2 4.8 6.1 7.2 6.1 5.6 6.1 7.3 4.3 6.1 PENN A-1 6.5 6.6 4.8 5.8 7.1 5.1 6.0 5.9 7.8 5.0 6.1 PENN A-2 6.7 6.7 5.0 5.7 7.8 5.7 5.7 6.0 7.6 3.7 6.1 L-93 6.6 6.4 4.8 6.1 7.0 5.9 5.8 6.0 7.8 4.0 6.0 PENN A-4 7.3 6.9 4.8 5.1 6.3 4.9 6.2 5.9 7.7 5.0 6.0 SYN 96-2 5.8 7.6 4.3 4.4 6.1 5.1 6.2 6.1 7.7 5.0 5.8 PST-A2E 6.0 6.5 4.3 5.5 6.6 5.7 5.7 5.8 7.6 4.7 5.8 BENGAL (BAR AS 8FUS2) 7.0 6.9 4.8 5.1 6.5 5.8 5.7 5.7 6.8 4.0 5.8 PENN G-6 6.2 6.3 4.7 5.8 6.5 5.6 5.4 6.1 7.8 3.3 5.8 ISI AP-5 6.8 6.4 4.6 5.3 6.5 5.3 5.6 5.7 6.3 5.0 5.7 SYN 96-1 5.5 6.9 4.4 4.7 6.1 5.3 6.6 6.0 7.3 4.0 5.7 SYN 96-3 5.6 7.4 4.2 4.7 5.6 5.6 6.2 5.7 7.6 4.0 5.6 CENTURY 6.4 7.0 4.8 4.4 6.1 5.4 5.9 5.7 6.3 4.3 5.6 PICK CB 13-94 6.2 5.7 4.7 5.3 5.9 5.3 5.7 6.0 6.7 4.7 5.6 CRENSHAW 6.2 7.0 4.1 4.2 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.9 6.1 5.0 5.6 IMPERIAL 6.3 6.7 4.5 4.8 6.3 4.9 5.9 5.4 6.8 4.0 5.6 SRX 1BPAA 6.2 5.3 4.2 5.1 6.8 4.7 5.5 6.1 7.0 4.7 5.5 SR 1119 6.0 5.8 4.7 5.2 6.9 5.3 5.6 6.0 6.3 3.7 5.5 SRX 1NJH 5.9 5.9 4.2 5.2 7.0 4.4 5.6 6.1 6.7 4.3 5.5 BRIGHTON (SRX 1120) 6.1 5.6 4.5 5.1 6.3 5.4 5.0 6.0 6.8 4.3 5.5 BAR CB 8US3 6.6 6.3 4.4 4.8 5.8 5.9 4.9 5.7 5.8 4.7 5.5 BACKSPIN 6.1 6.4 4.3 4.7 6.1 5.4 5.7 5.7 6.0 4.0 5.4 PROVIDENCE 6.1 6.3 5.0 4.7 5.8 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.8 4.3 5.4 ABT-CRB-1 4.9 6.8 4.3 4.9 6.3 3.6 5.6 5.8 7.1 4.7 5.4 VESPER (PICK MVB) 4.4 4.5 3.5 5.1 4.8 4.2 5.7 6.0 7.5 5.0 5.1 PENNLINKS 5.4 5.3 4.1 5.1 5.5 5.2 5.1 5.7 5.0 3.7 5.0 PENNCROSS 5.0 5.1 4.3 5.3 4.8 5.2 5.1 6.1 4.6 3.7 4.9 SR 7200 3.8 4.4 4.0 5.1 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.7 8.0 3.7 4.9 BAVARIA 3.9 4.2 3.1 5.4 4.7 4.1 4.1 4.9 4.3 2.7 4.1 LSD VALUE 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.9 0.3 C.V. (%) 8.8 8.7 8.4 8.9 8.4 13.3 7.6 10.1 8.8 28.2 11.4 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.