PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 1. TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-THREE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 2003 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AL1 AR1 AZ1 CA7 FL3 GA1 IL2 IN1 KS2 KS3 KY1 MO1 MS1 NC1 NM1 OK1 SC1 SC2 TX1 TX2 TX3 VA1 VA4 ARIZONA COMMON 3.4 5.3 5.5 5.7 5.3 6.6 1.8 1.8 3.8 3.9 4.6 1.3 4.9 5.3 5.4 5.8 7.0 4.6 4.1 4.8 5.5 1.9 4.2 ASHMORE 4.4 5.5 4.5 5.8 4.5 6.6 3.6 4.8 4.1 4.6 5.1 4.1 5.3 3.8 4.8 6.4 6.9 4.7 4.7 3.7 6.5 4.4 5.9 AUSSIE GREEN 6.8 8.0 7.0 6.4 6.5 7.5 6.1 5.9 4.4 4.8 7.9 6.0 6.8 5.0 4.3 6.9 7.6 6.0 5.6 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.2 B-14 3.6 4.7 6.0 5.4 4.6 6.7 1.6 2.1 4.1 4.3 5.7 2.4 4.8 5.3 5.3 6.2 7.3 4.7 4.5 4.4 5.8 2.3 5.2 CELEBRATION 5.4 7.7 6.0 5.4 6.7 6.9 4.3 2.3 3.9 4.3 7.2 1.7 6.0 5.3 5.2 7.0 7.8 5.8 5.0 5.5 6.0 4.5 6.7 CIS-CD5 4.7 5.6 5.7 5.8 6.1 6.7 3.8 2.3 5.1 5.2 6.2 3.6 4.9 4.9 5.9 6.6 7.4 5.1 4.7 5.4 5.6 3.7 5.7 CIS-CD6 4.6 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.9 6.9 3.2 2.9 4.5 4.6 6.7 4.7 5.4 4.8 4.7 6.6 7.3 5.3 4.8 4.9 5.4 5.0 5.7 CIS-CD7 4.4 5.9 5.9 5.5 6.1 6.7 3.1 2.2 4.5 4.7 5.8 4.3 5.0 5.3 5.4 6.6 7.3 5.3 4.6 5.7 5.5 3.9 5.3 FMC-6 3.7 5.9 6.0 6.1 5.8 6.6 3.0 1.8 5.1 5.2 6.2 3.7 4.8 5.4 5.0 6.4 7.3 4.8 4.5 5.8 5.6 3.3 5.3 GN-1 5.6 7.3 6.7 6.1 6.3 6.8 3.8 3.2 3.1 3.5 6.8 4.9 6.3 5.5 5.1 6.7 8.0 5.3 5.4 5.8 6.0 4.5 6.2 LAPALOMA (SRX 950 4.5 5.1 6.1 5.9 6.1 6.7 2.2 1.7 4.9 5.2 6.0 4.3 5.2 4.9 5.3 6.4 7.1 5.3 4.4 5.2 5.5 3.5 5.3 MIDLAWN 6.1 7.4 6.2 6.2 5.5 7.0 5.8 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.2 4.9 5.8 5.3 5.4 6.9 7.4 5.1 5.4 5.2 7.0 5.3 6.1 MOHAWK 3.5 5.1 5.7 5.6 5.4 6.7 2.4 1.3 4.8 5.0 5.6 1.5 4.9 4.3 5.4 6.1 7.1 4.9 4.4 4.6 5.2 2.7 5.3 MS-CHOICE 4.8 6.6 7.5 5.9 6.7 6.3 3.6 2.6 4.1 4.5 7.2 2.9 6.4 5.3 4.4 7.1 7.3 5.3 4.6 5.0 6.2 3.8 6.4 NUMEX SAHARA 3.8 5.1 5.6 5.7 6.1 6.7 1.3 1.7 4.5 4.5 4.6 1.7 4.8 4.6 5.6 5.9 7.0 4.6 4.5 4.6 5.5 2.9 5.6 OKC 70-18 4.6 7.6 7.3 5.4 5.9 6.7 5.3 4.7 3.3 3.7 7.6 5.0 6.2 4.7 4.3 7.1 7.5 5.4 4.4 5.7 6.1 5.3 6.2 OR 2002 6.5 8.1 7.9 6.3 6.9 7.3 5.7 4.9 4.4 4.4 7.4 5.2 6.8 5.1 5.4 7.3 7.9 5.6 5.5 5.9 6.3 5.1 6.3 PANAMA 3.9 5.5 6.1 5.4 5.9 6.8 3.0 1.6 5.2 5.1 5.6 3.2 4.6 5.0 5.3 6.3 7.0 5.2 4.3 4.6 5.4 3.3 5.2 PATRIOT 5.6 7.9 7.1 5.7 5.9 7.1 6.7 7.4 5.3 5.5 7.2 6.2 5.8 5.5 5.4 6.7 7.8 5.2 5.3 5.4 6.1 6.3 6.4 PRINCESS 77 5.3 6.6 5.9 6.2 6.0 6.7 2.2 1.6 3.6 3.8 5.9 1.7 5.7 6.1 5.9 6.3 7.3 4.6 5.2 6.4 6.3 3.3 6.0 PST-R68A 4.0 5.7 6.4 5.4 6.2 6.6 3.4 . 4.2 4.5 6.3 2.4 5.3 5.1 5.3 6.8 7.7 5.4 4.4 4.8 5.6 4.3 5.7 RIVIERA 5.7 6.8 6.7 5.9 5.9 6.8 5.2 3.3 5.1 5.1 5.6 5.4 5.8 5.4 5.5 7.0 7.7 5.4 4.9 5.4 5.6 5.8 6.0 SOUTHERN STAR 4.7 5.2 5.5 6.2 5.8 6.8 2.6 2.1 4.8 4.7 6.1 2.8 5.2 4.1 5.4 6.6 7.5 4.9 4.7 5.0 6.0 3.8 5.6 SR 9554 4.6 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.9 6.6 2.8 1.7 5.4 5.4 6.0 3.1 5.1 4.9 4.9 6.3 7.3 4.4 4.7 5.2 5.5 3.3 5.9 SUNDEVIL II 4.3 5.2 5.9 5.7 5.6 6.8 2.6 2.3 4.3 4.5 5.9 3.2 5.0 5.5 5.4 6.3 7.1 4.8 4.6 5.5 5.3 3.8 5.6 SUNSTAR 3.4 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.6 6.7 2.7 2.1 5.4 5.5 5.4 2.7 4.8 4.9 5.0 6.1 7.2 4.7 4.4 4.8 5.8 1.8 5.1 SWI-1001 4.5 5.8 6.5 5.9 6.5 6.6 2.8 1.7 4.5 4.7 5.9 2.4 4.8 5.3 5.3 6.3 7.3 5.2 4.6 5.0 5.5 2.8 5.2 SWI-1003 5.2 6.6 7.0 6.3 6.3 6.4 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.7 6.1 1.1 5.9 5.6 5.5 6.5 7.4 5.3 4.9 6.0 6.4 2.8 5.8 SWI-1012 5.7 6.6 6.7 5.8 5.9 6.8 5.4 4.1 5.1 5.5 7.0 5.6 5.7 5.0 5.5 6.8 7.4 5.1 4.9 6.4 6.2 4.9 5.9 SWI-1014 4.5 5.6 6.1 5.9 4.8 6.2 3.7 3.8 4.8 5.0 6.4 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.3 6.5 7.2 5.0 4.3 5.6 5.6 5.1 5.8 SWI-1041 5.7 6.5 7.3 6.3 6.2 6.8 2.2 2.8 4.0 4.3 6.4 3.2 5.7 5.3 5.7 6.5 7.8 5.4 4.6 5.8 6.4 3.5 5.9 SWI-1044 5.3 7.2 6.9 6.5 6.1 6.8 3.2 2.9 4.2 4.7 7.1 4.7 5.9 5.8 5.3 6.7 7.7 5.5 4.9 6.0 6.4 4.8 5.2 SWI-1045 5.5 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.4 6.8 4.3 3.6 5.7 5.3 6.9 4.9 5.5 5.3 6.2 6.9 7.6 5.6 4.8 6.5 6.4 4.5 6.2 SWI-1046 5.3 6.1 6.3 6.7 5.8 6.7 3.9 1.7 3.0 3.5 5.9 3.1 6.0 4.9 5.7 6.5 7.3 5.3 5.2 5.8 6.2 3.1 5.6 TIFSPORT 6.1 7.9 7.5 6.2 6.4 6.9 4.5 2.8 3.2 3.7 7.7 2.1 6.9 6.3 5.4 6.7 7.2 6.0 5.1 5.7 6.8 2.9 6.3 TIFT NO. 1 6.1 6.2 6.5 5.7 5.9 6.6 2.6 1.9 2.0 2.2 5.5 1.3 6.0 5.6 5.6 6.2 7.3 5.2 5.2 6.7 5.7 2.3 5.8 TIFT NO. 2 5.0 6.0 6.4 6.1 5.7 6.8 1.1 1.3 1.8 2.1 5.4 1.1 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.7 7.0 5.2 4.6 6.3 6.1 2.0 4.8 TIFT NO. 3 6.0 7.2 7.7 6.2 6.6 6.6 5.3 2.4 3.0 3.5 7.4 1.5 6.1 5.3 5.6 6.6 7.7 5.7 5.4 6.3 6.8 4.6 6.3 TIFT NO. 4 6.9 7.3 6.9 5.7 6.7 6.9 5.6 2.6 2.9 3.5 7.8 3.6 6.9 4.4 4.6 6.7 7.4 5.9 5.3 6.3 6.5 4.5 6.1 TIFWAY 6.2 7.1 7.6 5.8 6.4 6.8 3.9 2.0 3.1 3.4 7.4 1.2 6.6 5.3 5.1 6.6 7.6 5.5 5.2 5.4 6.6 3.2 5.9 TRANSCONTINENTAL 4.8 5.1 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.7 3.7 2.1 4.7 5.2 6.1 3.3 4.9 5.8 5.4 6.7 7.2 5.3 4.9 5.3 5.3 3.6 5.6 YUKON 4.1 7.1 6.1 5.9 5.3 3.7 3.0 4.0 5.8 5.8 5.8 4.9 4.9 4.8 5.5 6.2 6.6 4.5 4.2 4.5 5.8 5.7 5.8 LSD VALUE 1.0 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.5 1.5 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.4 0.4 1.5 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.6 1.2 0.6 1.1 0.6 C.V. (%) 13.0 6.5 9.8 8.3 7.9 4.8 26.7 22.0 13.1 12.3 9.4 26.7 4.1 17.7 8.8 3.7 4.8 9.1 7.2 13.6 5.8 17.4 6.7 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.