TABLE 8. LEAF TEXTURE RATINGS OF ST. AUGUSTINEGRASS CULTIVARS 1/ 1997-2000 DATA LEAF TEXTURE RATINGS 1-9; 9=VERY FINE 2/ NAME AL1 AZ1 FL1 LA2 MS1 NC1 TX2 MEAN 6-89-196 5.3 7.6 8.8 9.0 7.7 6.1 7.7 7.5 6-89-175 4.8 7.5 7.9 9.0 7.1 5.2 6.8 6.9 6-89-174 3.0 6.5 7.7 9.0 6.8 5.3 6.8 6.4 6-89-194 3.8 6.5 7.3 9.0 7.0 4.6 6.6 6.4 6-89-70 3.6 4.7 6.8 6.5 6.5 4.9 5.8 5.5 DELMAR 3.0 5.4 5.2 6.0 5.8 5.4 4.8 5.1 RALEIGH 3.6 4.9 4.8 5.5 5.6 5.7 4.9 5.0 FLORATAM 2.1 4.8 2.2 4.1 4.1 4.9 4.1 3.7 LSD VALUE 1.8 0.5 0.5 1.8 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.4 C.V. (%) 61.2 9.9 10.5 17.4 8.0 21.3 12.7 20.0 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.