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                        TABLE 3.              MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN ON                                               
                                                        A GREEN AT TWELVE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S.  1/                                                        
                                                                         2023 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                      TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  2/                                                      
                                                                                                                                                           
                        NAME                    IL5    IN1    IN2    KS1    MA1     MN1    NC1    NJ1     OK1    UT1    VA1    WI1                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                        007XL                   6.5    7.0    7.1    5.4    6.0     6.3    7.9    7.1     5.3    6.5    6.6    6.7                         
                        BARRACUDA               5.4    6.5    6.2    5.3    6.0     6.0    7.5    4.9     5.2    5.1    6.3    6.3                         
                        CY-4                    5.9    6.3    6.2    5.3    6.1     4.7    7.5    6.1     4.5    4.7    6.0    6.7                         
                        DECLARATION             4.4    5.6    6.0    5.1    5.6     4.6    7.3    3.6     4.3    3.8    5.5    6.3                         
                        DLFPS-AP-3084           5.9    6.8    7.1    5.1    5.7     6.4    8.1    6.0     4.9    6.6    6.6    7.1                         
                        L-93 XD                 5.9    6.5    6.6    4.5    5.6     6.0    7.8    5.2     5.1    6.0    6.3    6.8                         
                        OAKLEY (PPG-AP-MTV1)    6.9    7.2    7.4    4.9    6.2     6.6    7.9    7.2     4.3    7.3    6.5    7.0                         
                        PENN A-1                4.5    5.8    5.5    5.4    5.5     5.2    7.3    3.6     4.5    4.5    6.0    6.0                         
                        PENNCROSS               3.8    4.4    4.1    5.1    4.4     3.5    6.0    2.0      .     2.8    4.0    5.2                         
                        PIPER (PPG-AP-MTV2)     6.7    7.3    7.0    5.4    6.3     7.1    7.8    7.4     4.6    7.3    6.4    6.8                         
                        PIRANHA                 5.9    6.9    6.7    5.8    6.2     6.1    7.6    5.7     5.5    5.7    6.4    7.0                         
                        PST-0DSF                5.1    7.4    7.1    4.8    5.4     6.3    7.4    4.8      .     5.9    6.4    6.3                         
                        PST-0HR                 7.7    8.1    6.6    5.6    6.6     7.3    7.5    3.5     4.3    8.2    7.2    7.5                         
                        PSU-CBG1                7.8    7.8    6.8    5.3    6.0     6.1    7.2    4.4     2.9    7.4    6.9    6.9                         
                        PSU-CBG2                7.7    7.7    6.6    5.3    6.4     6.6    7.2    4.9     3.8    7.3    6.4    7.1                         
                        PSU-CBG3                7.5    7.8    6.2    5.2    6.0     6.3    7.0    3.9     3.6    7.6    6.4    7.0                         
                        PVF-PV-1                6.9    7.3    7.0    5.4    6.0     7.3    7.8    7.1     4.7    7.3    6.7    6.9                         
                        PVF-PV-2                6.4    6.9    7.1    5.2    6.3     6.4    8.0    7.0     5.3    7.0    6.9    6.9                         
                        S1                      5.9    6.8    6.6    5.4    6.0     5.7    7.6    5.4     5.9    6.0    6.5    6.8                         
                        SPECTRUM (LNS 19)       6.9    7.3    7.3    5.1    6.1     7.4    8.2    8.0     5.2    6.9    6.7    6.7                         
 
                        LSD VALUE               0.6    0.5    0.6    0.7    0.5     1.3    0.4    0.8     1.4    0.8    0.8    0.6
                        C.V. (%)                6.1    4.8    6.0    8.7    5.4    13.3    3.0    9.4    19.2    8.2    7.4    5.5                                                  
 
                      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.