PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION TABLE 8. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT FOUR LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 2012 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME FL1 GA1 MS1 NC1 CAPTIVA (NUF-76) 4.1 5.8 5.3 7.5 DALSA 0406 3.8 5.1 7.0 6.0 DALSA 0602 3.9 6.0 5.0 6.1 FLORATAM 4.6 6.4 3.1 4.6 MERCEDES 4.6 5.8 6.5 7.9 RALEIGH 3.8 5.1 6.1 6.6 LSD VALUE 1.3 1.8 1.6 1.0 C.V. (%) 16.6 19.2 17.6 10.1 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.