TABLE 3. GENETIC COLOR RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS 1/ 2003-06 DATA GENETIC COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=DARK GREEN 2/ NAME CA7 FL3 GA1 MS1 OK2 SC1 TX2 MEAN MSA 2-3-98 5.8 5.9 7.4 7.6 6.5 6.3 4.7 6.4 DELMAR 6.3 5.0 7.7 7.2 7.0 6.2 5.0 6.4 MERCEDES 6.5 6.2 7.9 7.1 5.7 6.0 4.7 6.4 MSA 31 6.5 5.8 7.8 7.4 6.2 5.3 4.7 6.4 FLORATAM 6.5 6.1 6.7 7.0 5.3 5.1 6.0 6.1 RALEIGH 5.9 5.2 7.6 6.8 6.0 5.8 4.7 6.1 LSD VALUE 1.6 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.5 C.V. (%) 16.4 10.7 8.9 5.7 10.3 11.0 9.5 10.8