TABLE 12. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN UNDER LOW INPUT AT SIX LOCATIONS IN THE TRANSITION ZONE 1/ 1997 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME KY1 MO1 NC1 OK1 UB1 VA1 MEAN BARONIE 7.8 5.5 6.0 5.2 4.8 2.8 5.4 BARON 7.8 5.9 5.8 4.1 5.0 2.9 5.2 NORTH STAR (PST-A7-60) 7.0 5.9 5.7 4.2 4.7 3.0 5.1 CANTERBURY 7.5 5.0 5.7 4.7 4.4 2.9 5.0 CALIBER 6.5 5.3 5.3 4.6 5.1 3.2 5.0 BAR VB 3115B 5.0 5.6 4.7 4.5 6.3 3.3 4.9 BLUE STAR 7.3 5.6 5.2 4.1 4.2 2.8 4.9 EAGLETON 6.6 5.9 4.8 4.2 4.4 3.1 4.8 PST-B9-196 6.9 4.8 5.5 3.9 5.0 2.7 4.8 BAR VB 5649 5.0 5.4 5.4 4.4 5.3 3.2 4.8 BARTITIA 6.3 5.7 5.3 3.7 4.9 2.8 4.8 BH 95-199 6.1 4.8 5.5 4.5 4.6 2.8 4.7 DRAGON (ZPS-429) 6.7 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.5 2.7 4.7 BAR VB 233 4.7 5.6 5.5 4.1 5.8 2.7 4.7 VB 16015 6.2 4.5 5.3 3.6 4.4 2.9 4.5 BAR VB 6820 4.8 5.1 4.8 3.7 4.8 3.2 4.4 MTT 683 5.0 5.7 4.8 3.2 4.7 2.9 4.4 KENBLUE 5.8 5.1 4.2 4.4 3.5 3.3 4.4 SOUTH DAKOTA 5.6 5.2 4.3 3.8 3.8 3.3 4.3 BARUZO 6.1 5.1 4.3 3.0 4.0 3.2 4.3 LIPOA 4.6 5.7 4.0 3.4 4.3 2.2 4.0 LSD VALUE 1.2 0.7 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.4 C.V. (%) 11.8 8.3 11.6 16.8 8.0 9.4 11.5 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.