TABLE 2. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A SOIL GREEN AT NINE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 2001 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME IA1 IL1 KS1 ME1 MI1 MT1 NE1 NY1 WI1 MEAN L-93 7.3 6.0 6.6 6.8 7.4 6.3 7.0 6.5 5.4 6.6 PENN G-1 6.9 5.3 6.7 6.7 7.1 5.7 6.8 6.7 5.6 6.4 SYN 96-2 7.4 5.0 6.3 7.2 7.3 5.8 6.8 6.3 5.0 6.3 PENN A-1 6.4 5.7 7.1 6.7 7.2 5.6 6.7 6.2 5.5 6.3 SYN 96-3 7.2 4.8 6.7 7.3 7.2 5.3 6.6 6.5 5.2 6.3 SYN 96-1 7.7 5.3 6.4 6.8 6.9 5.6 6.3 6.6 5.1 6.3 PENN A-2 6.6 5.6 6.4 6.3 7.1 5.4 6.9 6.3 5.7 6.3 PENN G-6 6.2 5.6 7.2 6.8 7.1 5.5 6.8 6.1 5.0 6.3 PST-A2E 6.9 5.0 6.8 6.8 7.1 5.3 6.3 6.4 5.6 6.2 CENTURY 6.8 5.1 6.4 6.8 7.2 5.8 5.9 6.9 4.7 6.2 ISI AP-5 6.3 5.0 5.9 6.9 6.9 5.5 6.6 6.5 5.5 6.1 PICK CB 13-94 6.3 5.2 6.2 6.8 7.2 5.8 5.9 6.5 5.4 6.1 PENN A-4 7.1 5.3 6.2 6.4 6.9 5.2 6.3 6.6 5.2 6.1 BENGAL (BAR AS 8FUS2) 7.1 5.5 6.3 6.7 6.9 4.5 6.7 6.1 5.3 6.1 ABT-CRB-1 6.7 4.8 6.8 6.8 6.9 5.6 6.2 6.1 5.2 6.1 CRENSHAW 7.4 5.1 6.2 6.4 6.9 6.0 6.2 6.3 4.4 6.1 SR 1119 6.2 5.2 6.3 6.7 7.0 6.3 5.8 6.5 5.0 6.1 SRX 1BPAA 6.1 4.8 6.0 6.8 7.0 6.2 6.2 5.9 5.7 6.1 IMPERIAL 7.2 5.0 6.4 6.4 7.2 5.1 6.0 6.4 4.9 6.1 SRX 1NJH 6.4 5.3 6.3 7.1 7.0 4.9 5.8 6.7 4.9 6.1 BRIGHTON (SRX 1120) 5.9 5.2 6.3 6.4 7.1 5.4 6.2 6.2 5.1 6.0 BAR CB 8US3 6.5 5.3 6.0 6.0 7.1 5.5 5.8 6.4 5.2 6.0 BACKSPIN 6.2 4.9 5.8 6.5 6.6 6.2 6.0 6.0 4.5 5.9 PROVIDENCE 6.0 5.5 6.6 5.9 7.0 4.8 6.3 5.8 4.4 5.8 PENNLINKS 5.0 4.6 5.4 6.4 7.0 6.3 5.6 5.7 5.0 5.7 PENNCROSS 4.8 4.8 5.9 5.9 6.8 6.3 5.2 5.7 5.0 5.6 VESPER (PICK MVB) 4.6 3.5 5.9 8.8 6.1 5.7 1.0 6.8 5.8 5.4 SR 7200 4.5 4.0 6.0 8.6 6.5 5.1 1.0 6.6 4.8 5.2 BAVARIA 4.5 3.0 5.8 6.1 6.9 4.3 1.0 6.0 3.7 4.6 LSD VALUE 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.5 1.6 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.3 C.V. (%) 7.5 9.4 9.5 5.4 4.5 18.1 5.8 6.1 11.3 9.0 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.