TABLE 9D. GENETIC COLOR RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS 1/ 2009 DATA GENETIC COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=DARK GREEN 2/ NAME CA1 IL1 MN1 NE1 PA1 RI1 UT1 WA3 MEAN SPARTAN II 7.3 6.3 4.0 7.7 7.7 5.0 5.7 7.3 6.4 BIGHORN GT (PST-4BU3) 9.0 6.3 7.3 5.3 8.0 5.0 2.7 7.0 6.3 GOTHAM 8.7 6.3 3.7 7.3 7.3 5.0 5.7 6.7 6.3 NC-HF1 8.3 6.3 3.3 7.3 8.0 5.0 5.3 7.0 6.3 PST-4HES 7.7 6.0 3.7 6.7 7.7 4.7 4.0 6.3 5.8 BEACON (Z6300) 7.7 6.0 3.0 8.3 7.3 3.0 5.0 6.0 5.8 LSD VALUE 1.6 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.7 1.5 0.7 0.4 C.V. (%) 12.0 7.6 15.0 11.5 9.7 22.3 20.0 6.1 12.7 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.