TABLE 28D. RED THREAD RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS AT PUYALLUP, WA 1/ 2009 DATA RED THREAD RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO DISEASE 2/ NAME JUNE SEPTEMBER MEAN GOTHAM 8.3 8.0 8.2 BEACON (Z6300) 8.0 8.3 8.2 NC-HF1 7.7 8.3 8.0 PST-4HES 7.7 7.7 7.7 BIGHORN GT (PST-4BU3) 7.3 6.7 7.0 SPARTAN II 7.3 6.7 7.0 LSD VALUE 2.0 1.6 1.4 C.V. (%) 10.7 10.1 8.5 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.