PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 7. TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON A GREEN AT TWENTY LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 2001 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AL1 AZ1 IA1 IL1 KS1 KY1 ME1 MI1 MO1 MT1 NE1 NJ1 NY1 OK1 PA1 TX1 UT1 VA1 WA3 WI1 ABT-CRB-1 4.9 5.8 6.7 4.8 6.8 7.5 6.8 6.9 3.8 5.6 6.2 5.6 6.1 6.7 6.6 6.8 5.2 4.6 5.4 5.2 BACKSPIN 5.3 6.6 6.2 4.9 5.8 6.0 6.5 6.6 4.5 6.2 6.0 5.4 6.0 6.4 6.3 6.5 4.6 5.6 5.5 4.5 BAR CB 8US3 5.9 6.6 6.5 5.3 6.0 6.3 6.0 7.1 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.5 6.4 6.6 6.4 6.0 4.7 5.3 5.9 5.2 BAVARIA 3.1 6.1 4.5 3.0 5.8 3.4 6.1 6.9 4.3 4.3 1.0 2.0 6.0 1.4 1.0 5.3 2.9 4.4 2.9 3.7 BENGAL (BAR AS 8FUS2) 6.4 7.4 7.1 5.5 6.3 7.2 6.7 6.9 5.4 4.5 6.7 6.0 6.1 6.9 7.0 6.2 5.0 5.4 5.3 5.3 BRIGHTON (SRX 1120) 5.8 6.4 5.9 5.2 6.3 6.3 6.4 7.1 5.0 5.4 6.2 5.5 6.2 7.0 5.8 5.9 4.7 5.3 5.6 5.1 ISI AP-5 5.9 7.4 6.3 5.0 5.9 6.7 6.9 6.9 3.7 5.5 6.6 5.6 6.5 7.0 6.9 7.0 5.0 5.6 5.5 5.5 L-93 5.8 6.9 7.3 6.0 6.6 7.6 6.8 7.4 5.2 6.3 7.0 6.6 6.5 7.3 6.8 7.3 4.7 5.7 5.1 5.4 PENN A-1 7.0 6.9 6.4 5.7 7.1 8.4 6.7 7.2 4.9 5.6 6.7 6.7 6.2 7.5 7.3 6.9 5.9 6.2 6.1 5.5 PENN A-2 6.7 6.9 6.6 5.6 6.4 8.3 6.3 7.1 5.0 5.4 6.9 5.8 6.3 7.2 6.8 6.9 5.4 6.0 5.9 5.7 PENN A-4 6.2 7.5 7.1 5.3 6.2 8.1 6.4 6.9 4.9 5.2 6.3 5.9 6.6 7.0 7.3 6.8 6.0 5.6 6.4 5.2 PENN G-1 6.8 6.5 6.9 5.3 6.7 8.0 6.7 7.1 5.5 5.7 6.8 6.6 6.7 7.1 7.0 6.8 5.4 6.1 6.0 5.6 PENN G-6 6.3 6.3 6.2 5.6 7.2 7.3 6.8 7.1 4.9 5.5 6.8 6.5 6.1 7.0 7.6 6.7 5.1 5.8 5.8 5.0 PENNCROSS 4.9 6.3 4.8 4.8 5.9 4.9 5.9 6.8 5.1 6.3 5.2 4.0 5.7 6.4 4.9 6.5 3.4 5.2 3.9 5.0 PENNLINKS 5.3 6.0 5.0 4.6 5.4 5.3 6.4 7.0 5.5 6.3 5.6 4.3 5.7 6.2 5.6 6.3 3.8 5.1 4.3 5.0 PICK CB 13-94 5.6 6.8 6.3 5.2 6.2 6.1 6.8 7.2 4.1 5.8 5.9 5.0 6.5 6.8 6.8 6.9 5.4 6.1 5.1 5.4 PROVIDENCE 5.4 6.9 6.0 5.5 6.6 6.0 5.9 7.0 4.1 4.8 6.3 5.4 5.8 6.8 6.0 6.1 5.2 5.2 5.3 4.4 PST-A2E 6.7 6.1 6.9 5.0 6.8 7.4 6.8 7.1 4.5 5.3 6.3 6.1 6.4 6.7 6.1 7.2 5.6 6.0 6.2 5.6 SR 1119 5.6 6.3 6.2 5.2 6.3 6.4 6.7 7.0 5.1 6.3 5.8 6.0 6.5 6.9 6.2 6.2 4.1 5.0 5.3 5.0 SR 7200 4.2 5.4 4.5 4.0 6.0 3.4 8.6 6.5 4.3 5.1 1.0 7.3 6.6 4.3 4.6 5.4 2.5 5.4 7.0 4.8 SRX 1BPAA 6.4 7.0 6.1 4.8 6.0 6.4 6.8 7.0 4.5 6.2 6.2 5.0 5.9 6.9 5.9 6.5 5.1 5.2 5.6 5.7 SRX 1NJH 6.1 7.1 6.4 5.3 6.3 7.7 7.1 7.0 3.4 4.9 5.8 5.5 6.7 7.1 6.7 6.6 4.6 6.2 5.5 4.9 SYN 96-1 5.6 6.1 7.7 5.3 6.4 7.3 6.8 6.9 4.9 5.6 6.3 5.5 6.6 6.7 8.2 6.1 5.9 5.7 6.1 5.1 SYN 96-2 5.7 6.3 7.4 5.0 6.3 7.5 7.2 7.3 3.8 5.8 6.8 5.6 6.3 6.3 8.1 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.8 5.0 SYN 96-3 6.2 5.6 7.2 4.8 6.7 6.8 7.3 7.2 4.6 5.3 6.6 6.0 6.5 6.9 7.9 6.4 5.4 6.2 6.1 5.2 VESPER (PICK MVB) 5.3 5.8 4.6 3.5 5.9 3.8 8.8 6.1 4.5 5.7 1.0 6.7 6.8 3.8 4.2 5.2 2.8 5.3 7.6 5.8 LSD VALUE 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.3 1.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.6 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.9 C.V. (%) 10.8 9.7 7.5 9.4 9.5 4.7 5.4 4.5 16.9 18.1 5.8 7.9 6.1 8.3 8.4 6.2 16.5 8.4 5.7 11.3 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.