TABLE 9E.                             MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF SHEEP FESCUE CULTIVARS 
                                                             GROWN UNDER SHADE AT AMES, IA   1/  
                                                                         2023 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
                                GENETIC    SPRING     SPRING     SUMMER      FALL                             QUALITY RATINGS                                                                       
   NAME                          COLOR     GREENUP    DENSITY    DENSITY    DENSITY      APR     MAY     JUN    JUL    AUG    SEP    OCT     NOV    MEAN 
                                                                                                                                                           
   BLUE HORNET (PPG-FO-102)       5.3         7.0        8.0        7.0        5.0       6.0     6.0     5.3    6.0    6.0    6.0    5.7     7.0     6.0   
   QUATRO                         5.7         6.0        7.3        7.0        4.7       5.7     6.0     5.7    5.7    5.7    6.0    6.0     6.0     5.8   
   BAR FO 131                     3.7         6.0        6.0        5.3        5.0       5.3     5.3     5.7    6.0    5.7    5.7    6.0     5.7     5.7   

   LSD VALUE                      4.5         3.7        4.1        3.6        3.9       1.9     2.4     1.5    1.2    0.8    0.8    0.8     1.8     0.4   
   C.V. (%)                      39.8        25.0       24.8       24.3       34.1      14.4    18.2    12.0    8.9    5.8    5.7    5.7    12.6     2.8   
 
   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.
                                                                                                                                                            


   TABLE 9E.                             MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF SHEEP FESCUE CULTIVARS 
   (CONT'D)                                                  GROWN UNDER SHADE AT AMES, IA   1/  
                                                                         2023 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                  
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                        PERCENT GROUND COVER RATINGS APRIL-NOVEMBER   
                                                                                                                                                           
                             NAME                         APRIL        MAY         JULY       AUGUST      OCTOBER    NOVEMBER                           
                                                                                                                                                           
                             BLUE HORNET (PPG-FO-102)      81.0        95.3        86.7        72.0        75.3        55.7                                
                             QUATRO                        74.7        93.0        85.0        79.0        88.0        53.3                                
                             BAR FO 131                    71.3        86.0        72.0        67.3        58.3        57.0                                

                             LSD VALUE                     29.2        18.4        27.2        31.6        30.8        40.0                                
                             C.V. (%)                      16.6         8.7        14.4        18.7        17.9        31.1                                
 
                      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.