TABLE 6. TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS 1/ GROWN IN LOCATION PERFORMANCE INDEX (LPI) GROUP 2 **/ 2012 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME FL1 NC1 MS1 MEAN MERCEDES 4.6 7.5 6.8 6.3 DALSA 0406 3.6 6.9 6.4 5.6 CAPTIVA (NUF-76) 4.3 6.7 5.8 5.6 RALEIGH 3.7 6.7 6.1 5.5 DALSA 0602 4.2 6.1 5.0 5.1 FLORATAM 4.5 4.9 3.0 4.1 LSD VALUE 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 C.V. (%) 21.3 13.7 16.0 16.4 **/ ENTRIES WITHIN THIS TABLE ARE ORDERED BY THE OVERALL MEAN AND HAVE SIMILAR TURF QUALITY PERFORMANCES IN ALL TEST LOCATIONS INCLUDED IN THIS LPI GROUP. IF YOUR STATE IS NOT REPRESENTED, THEN CHOOSE A LPI GROUP THAT CONTAINS A LOCATION AND MANAGEMENT SIMILAR TO YOUR PLANTING CONDITIONS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LPI, GO TO WWW.NTEP.ORG/LPI_Q&A.PDF 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.