TABLE 6. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER LOW INPUT AT ELEVEN LOCATIONS USING 1.1-2.0 LBS OF NITROGEN / 1000 SQ. FT. / YEAR 1/ 1997 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME KY1 MO1 NC1 NJ1 OK1 ON1 PA1 RI1 UT1 VA1 WA1 MEAN BARON 7.8 5.9 5.8 4.5 4.1 7.4 4.5 5.4 6.0 2.9 4.6 5.3 NORTH STAR (PST-A7-60) 7.0 5.9 5.7 4.9 4.2 7.6 3.9 5.5 5.4 3.0 4.6 5.2 EAGLETON 6.6 5.9 4.8 4.8 4.2 7.5 5.4 4.8 5.7 3.1 4.7 5.2 BARONIE 7.8 5.5 6.0 4.3 5.2 7.5 4.1 4.0 5.6 2.8 4.3 5.2 CALIBER 6.5 5.3 5.3 3.5 4.6 7.1 4.7 5.3 5.6 3.2 4.4 5.0 DRAGON (ZPS-429) 6.7 4.9 4.7 4.9 4.7 7.4 4.6 5.2 5.3 2.7 4.1 5.0 BAR VB 3115B 5.0 5.6 4.7 5.4 4.5 7.6 4.2 4.9 5.8 3.3 4.1 5.0 BAR VB 233 4.7 5.6 5.5 4.1 4.1 8.0 4.8 5.2 5.5 2.7 4.8 5.0 BARTITIA 6.3 5.7 5.3 5.1 3.7 6.9 4.4 5.1 4.8 2.8 4.3 4.9 BAR VB 5649 5.0 5.4 5.4 4.3 4.4 6.9 4.8 4.9 5.5 3.2 4.3 4.9 CANTERBURY 7.5 5.0 5.7 4.1 4.7 6.3 4.4 3.9 5.0 2.9 4.2 4.9 BH 95-199 6.1 4.8 5.5 4.4 4.5 6.8 4.1 4.6 5.9 2.8 4.1 4.9 BLUE STAR 7.3 5.6 5.2 3.2 4.1 6.7 3.8 5.2 5.3 2.8 4.2 4.9 PST-B9-196 6.9 4.8 5.5 4.2 3.9 7.2 4.3 3.8 5.5 2.7 4.4 4.8 BAR VB 6820 4.8 5.1 4.8 4.4 3.7 6.7 4.2 4.7 6.5 3.2 4.9 4.8 BARUZO 6.1 5.1 4.3 4.9 3.0 7.0 4.1 4.4 5.7 3.2 4.6 4.8 SOUTH DAKOTA 5.6 5.2 4.3 3.4 3.8 6.4 5.1 5.2 5.4 3.3 3.3 4.6 MTT 683 5.0 5.7 4.8 4.5 3.2 6.7 4.3 3.1 6.1 2.9 4.8 4.6 KENBLUE 5.8 5.1 4.2 3.8 4.4 6.3 4.6 5.6 4.8 3.3 3.0 4.6 VB 16015 6.2 4.5 5.3 4.1 3.6 7.1 3.9 3.0 5.2 2.9 4.9 4.6 LIPOA 4.6 5.7 4.0 3.6 3.4 6.3 3.7 3.8 4.6 2.2 4.0 4.2 LSD VALUE 1.2 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.1 1.2 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.3 C.V. (%) 11.8 8.3 11.6 19.7 16.8 10.7 9.4 7.6 9.2 9.4 10.2 11.8 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.