TABLE 16. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS IN THE 2018 NATIONAL TALL FESCUE TEST AT MEAD, NE 1/ 2019 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ GENETIC SPRING LEAF SEEDLING FALL COLOR QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR GREENUP TEXTURE VIGOR DENSITY NOVEMBER APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT MEAN RHL2 5.0 4.3 5.3 6.0 5.7 6.3 4.0 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.7 6 5.5 RH3 5.0 4.0 5.3 6.0 5.0 6.0 4.3 6.0 6.0 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 5.4 TF456 5.0 4.3 5.3 6.7 5.7 6.0 4.3 6.0 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.7 6 5.4 K18-RS6 4.7 4.0 6.0 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.3 5.7 6 5.3 PPG-TF 267 5.0 4.3 5.0 6.0 5.7 6.0 4.0 5.7 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.7 6 5.3 PPG-TF 312 5.0 4.0 5.3 6.0 5.7 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.3 5.7 6 5.3 RS1 5.0 4.3 5.0 6.3 5.3 6.0 4.0 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.3 5.7 6 5.3 AH2 4.3 4.0 5.0 5.7 5.7 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.0 5.3 6 5.2 COL-TF-148 5.0 4.3 5.7 6.3 5.3 6.3 4.0 5.7 5.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 5.2 DLFPS-321/3696 5.0 4.0 5.3 6.0 5.3 6.0 4.0 5.3 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 5.2 FIREHAWK SLT 4.7 4.0 5.3 6.0 5.0 6.0 4.0 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.0 5.3 6 5.2 K18-WB1 5.3 4.3 5.3 6.0 5.3 6.0 3.3 4.7 5.3 6.0 5.3 6.0 6 5.2 NAI-3N2 5.0 4.0 5.3 6.7 5.0 6.0 4.3 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 5.2 PPG-TF 257 5.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 5.3 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.7 6 5.2 PPG-TF 318 5.0 4.3 5.3 6.3 5.3 6.0 3.3 5.7 6.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 5.2 PRO GOLD 5.0 4.0 5.3 6.0 5.3 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.7 5.0 5.0 5.7 6 5.2 PST-5GQ 5.0 4.0 5.0 6.7 5.3 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 5.2 SE5STAR 5.0 4.0 5.3 5.0 5.3 6.0 3.7 5.7 5.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 5.2 3N1 5.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.0 4.7 5.7 5.3 5.7 6 5.1 5LSS 5.0 4.0 5.3 5.7 5.7 6.0 3.7 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.0 5.3 6 5.1 BAR-FA8230 4.3 4.0 5.7 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.7 5.3 4.7 5.3 5.0 5.7 6 5.1 BRAVO 2 5.0 4.3 5.7 6.0 5.3 6.0 3.3 5.3 5.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 5.1 COPIOUS TF 5.0 4.0 5.0 5.7 5.3 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 5.1 DLFPS-321/3679 5.3 4.0 4.7 5.3 5.3 6.3 4.0 4.7 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 6 5.1 OKEEFE (LTP-TF-122) 5.0 4.3 5.3 5.7 5.3 6.3 3.3 5.0 5.7 5.0 5.0 5.7 6 5.1 PARAMOUNT 4.7 4.3 5.3 5.7 5.3 6.0 3.7 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 5.1 PPG-TF 249 4.7 4.3 5.3 6.0 5.7 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 5.1 PPG-TF 255 5.3 4.3 5.3 7.0 5.3 6.0 3.7 5.3 4.3 5.7 5.0 5.7 6 5.1 PPG-TF 313 5.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 5.3 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 5.1 PPG-TF 316 4.7 4.0 5.0 5.3 5.3 6.0 3.3 5.3 4.7 5.7 5.0 5.7 6 5.1 RAD-TF131 5.0 4.0 5.7 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.7 6 5.1 RC4 5.0 4.0 5.7 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.7 6 5.1 RDC 5.0 4.3 5.0 6.7 5.7 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 5.1 SESCR1 5.0 4.3 5.7 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 5.1 TF445 4.7 4.0 5.3 6.0 5.3 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 5.1 3B2 4.7 4.0 5.0 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 6 5.0 BANDIT 5.0 4.0 5.3 7.0 5.7 6.0 4.0 5.0 4.7 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 5.0 BAR TF 134 5.0 4.3 5.3 6.0 5.7 6.0 3.0 5.7 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 5.0 BIRMINGHAM 5.0 4.0 5.3 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.7 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.7 6 5.0 BY-TF-169 5.0 4.0 5.3 6.7 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.7 5.0 5.7 5.0 5.3 6 5.0 DLFPS-321/3699 5.0 4.0 5.3 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.0 4.7 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 5.0 DLFPS-321/3703 5.0 4.0 6.0 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.3 5.0 5.3 4.7 5.3 6 5.0 DLFPS-321/3707 5.0 4.3 5.0 5.3 5.3 6.0 3.0 5.0 4.3 5.7 5.0 5.7 6 5.0 DLFPS-321/3708 5.0 4.0 5.0 5.7 5.3 6.0 3.3 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.7 6 5.0 FAYETTE 5.0 4.7 5.3 6.7 5.7 6.0 3.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.7 6 5.0 TABLE 16. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS (CONT'D) IN THE 2018 NATIONAL TALL FESCUE TEST AT MEAD, NE 1/ 2019 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ GENETIC SPRING LEAF SEEDLING FALL COLOR QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR GREENUP TEXTURE VIGOR DENSITY NOVEMBER APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT MEAN GO-AOMK 6.0 4.0 5.0 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.7 5.7 6 5.0 BONFIRE (JS DTT) 5.0 4.0 6.0 6.3 5.3 6.0 3.3 5.0 4.7 5.7 5.0 5.3 6 5.0 K18-NSE 4.7 4.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 6.0 3.0 5.0 5.3 5.7 5.0 5.0 6 5.0 MOONDANCE GLX 5.0 4.0 6.0 5.3 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.3 5.0 4.7 4.7 5.7 6 5.0 NAI-FQZ-17 5.0 4.0 6.0 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 5.0 NAI-ST5 5.3 4.0 5.7 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 5.0 NT-3 4.7 4.7 6.0 6.0 5.3 6.0 3.7 5.0 5.3 5.0 4.7 5.3 6 5.0 PADRE 2 5.3 4.0 6.0 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.7 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 5.0 PPG-TF 244 5.0 4.0 5.7 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 5.0 PPG-TF 262 4.7 4.3 5.7 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.7 6 5.0 PPG-TF 306 5.0 4.0 5.3 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 5.0 4.7 5.3 5.0 5.7 6 5.0 PPG-TF 308 5.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.7 4.7 5.7 5.3 5.7 6 5.0 PPG-TF 323 5.3 4.0 5.7 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.0 5.0 4.3 5.3 5.3 5.7 6 5.0 PPG-TF 336 5.0 4.3 5.7 6.0 5.3 6.0 3.3 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.7 6 5.0 PPG-TF 337 5.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 5.7 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 5.0 PPG-TF 338 5.0 4.3 5.0 6.0 5.7 6.0 3.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 5.0 PST-5BYOB 5.3 4.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 5.0 4.7 5.3 5.0 5.7 6 5.0 PST-5DZM 4.7 4.0 5.0 6.0 5.3 6.0 3.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 4.7 5.0 6 5.0 RAD-TF105 5.0 4.0 5.3 6.0 5.3 6.0 3.3 4.7 4.3 5.3 5.0 6.0 6 5.0 RH1 5.0 4.0 5.3 6.3 5.3 6.0 3.7 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 5.0 RHF 5.0 4.3 5.3 6.7 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.3 4.7 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 5.0 TD2 5.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.3 3.7 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 6 5.0 RAD-TF 115 (TURBO SS) 5.0 4.3 5.0 6.3 5.3 6.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 5.0 AH1 4.7 4.0 5.7 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.0 6 4.9 AST8118LM 5.3 4.0 5.3 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.7 4.7 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 4.9 AST8218LM 5.7 4.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.3 4.7 5.3 4.7 4.7 6 4.9 BULLSEYE 5.0 4.0 5.7 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 4.9 BULLSEYE LTZ 5.0 4.0 5.3 6.3 5.3 6.0 3.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 6 4.9 DLFPS-321/3694 4.7 4.7 5.3 6.0 5.3 6.0 3.3 4.3 4.3 5.7 5.0 5.7 6 4.9 DLFPS-321/3701 5.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 6 4.9 DLFPS-321/3705 5.3 4.0 5.7 5.3 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.7 4.7 5.7 5.0 5.3 6 4.9 DLFPS-321/3706 5.0 4.0 5.7 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.0 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 4.9 ESCALADE 4.7 4.0 5.3 6.3 5.3 6.0 3.0 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 4.9 GLX ACED (PST-5DART) 5.3 4.3 5.3 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.0 5.0 4.3 5.0 5.0 5.7 6 4.9 GO-RH20 5.0 4.0 5.7 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.7 4.7 5.7 5.0 5.3 6 4.9 GRAND PRIX (FC15-01P) 5.0 4.0 5.7 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.0 4.7 5.0 4.7 5.3 6 4.9 GRANDE 3 5.0 3.7 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.3 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.7 6 4.9 HEMI 5.0 4.0 5.7 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 4.9 JT 233 5.3 4.0 5.0 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.7 4.7 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 4.9 JT 268 5.3 4.0 5.0 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.7 6 4.9 JT 517 5.3 4.3 5.0 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 4.9 K18-ROE 5.3 4.0 5.7 5.7 5.3 6.0 3.3 4.7 4.3 5.0 5.0 5.7 6 4.9 LIFEGUARD 5.0 4.0 5.3 5.3 5.3 6.0 3.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 6 4.9 NAI-ROS4 5.0 4.0 6.0 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.7 4.7 5.7 5.0 5.3 6 4.9 NAI-TUE 5.3 4.0 6.0 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 4.9 TABLE 16. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF TALL FESCUE CULTIVARS (CONT'D) IN THE 2018 NATIONAL TALL FESCUE TEST AT MEAD, NE 1/ 2019 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9; 9=BEST 2/ GENETIC SPRING LEAF SEEDLING FALL COLOR QUALITY RATINGS NAME COLOR GREENUP TEXTURE VIGOR DENSITY NOVEMBER APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT MEAN OG-WALK 5.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 5.3 5.0 4.7 4.7 5.3 6 4.9 PPG-TF 254 5.0 4.0 5.0 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.3 4.3 5.3 5.0 5.7 6 4.9 PPG-TF 305 5.0 4.0 5.3 6.0 5.3 6.0 3.0 5.3 4.7 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 4.9 PPG-TF 315 5.0 4.0 5.7 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.7 4.7 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 4.9 PST-5DC24 5.0 4.3 5.7 6.3 5.3 6.0 3.3 4.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.7 6 4.9 PST-5E6 5.0 4.0 5.7 6.0 5.3 6.0 3.0 5.0 4.3 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 4.9 PST-5GLBS 4.3 4.0 6.0 6.0 5.3 6.0 3.3 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 4.9 PST-5MCMO 4.7 4.0 5.7 6.3 5.3 6.0 3.3 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 4.9 PST-5TRN 5.0 4.0 6.0 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 4.9 RAPTOR III 5.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.0 4.7 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 4.9 SE53D2 5.0 4.0 6.0 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.0 4.3 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 4.9 SETF104 5.3 4.0 5.3 5.3 5.0 6.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 4.9 SETFM3 5.3 4.3 5.3 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.7 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 4.9 TMT1 5.0 4.3 6.0 5.7 5.3 6.0 3.3 4.3 4.7 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 4.9 A-TF31 5.3 4.0 5.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 5.0 4.3 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 4.8 ATF1768 5.0 4.0 5.7 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.3 5.0 4.3 5.0 4.7 5.3 6 4.8 BAR 9FE MAS 5.3 4.3 5.3 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.7 4.3 5.0 4.7 5.3 6 4.8 DLFPS-321/3695 5.0 4.3 5.7 5.7 5.3 6.0 3.3 4.7 4.3 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 4.8 DLFPS-321/3702 5.0 4.0 5.7 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.0 5.0 4.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 6 4.8 DLFPS-TF/3552 5.0 4.0 6.0 6.7 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.3 4.0 5.3 5.0 5.7 6 4.8 DRAGSTER 5.0 4.3 5.3 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.7 4.3 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 4.8 ESTRENA 5.3 4.0 5.7 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 4.8 PPG-TF 231 5.0 4.0 5.3 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 5.7 5.0 5.7 6 4.8 PPG-TF 238 5.0 4.0 5.3 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.3 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.7 6 4.8 PPG-TF 320 5.3 4.0 6.0 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.3 4.3 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 4.8 MONUMENT (PST-5SQB) 5.0 4.0 5.7 5.3 5.0 6.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.3 5.0 6 4.8 TANGO 5.0 4.0 5.3 6.7 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.7 4.7 5.0 4.7 5.0 6 4.8 ZRC1 5.0 4.0 6.0 5.3 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.7 4.3 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 4.8 ATF2116 4.7 4.3 5.7 6.7 5.3 6.0 3.3 4.3 4.3 5.0 5.0 5.0 6 4.7 BAR FA 8228 5.0 4.3 6.0 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.7 4.7 5.0 4.7 5.0 6 4.7 DLFPS-321/3693 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.3 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.3 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.3 6 4.7 DLFPS-TF/3550 5.0 3.7 5.3 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.3 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.7 6 4.7 DLFPS-TF/3553 5.0 4.0 5.3 5.7 5.3 6.0 3.3 4.0 4.0 5.3 5.0 5.3 6 4.7 DEGAS (LTP-TF-111) 5.0 3.7 5.3 5.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.3 4.0 5.3 5.0 5.0 6 4.7 NATURALLY GREEN 6.0 4.7 5.7 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.7 4.3 5.0 4.7 5.0 6 4.7 PALOMAR 5.0 4.0 5.7 5.3 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.7 4.3 5.0 4.7 5.3 6 4.7 PST-5THM 5.3 4.0 6.0 6.3 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.3 4.3 5.0 4.7 5.3 6 4.7 SETFM2 5.7 4.0 5.7 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.3 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.7 6 4.7 BGR-TF3 5.3 4.3 5.3 5.0 5.0 6.7 3.0 4.3 4.3 5.0 4.7 4.7 6 4.6 LBF 5.0 4.0 5.3 5.7 5.3 6.3 3.3 4.7 4.0 5.0 4.7 4.7 6 4.6 PST-5MINK 5.0 4.0 5.0 5.7 5.0 6.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 5.3 4.7 4.7 6 4.5 KENTUCKY-31 3.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 3.3 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.7 6 4.4 LSD VALUE 0.6 2.0 0.9 3.1 1.2 0.4 1.5 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.0 2.5 0 0.6 C.V. (%) 6.9 8.8 8.1 11.4 7.1 2.2 14.9 12.6 14.0 8.3 5.5 9.6 0 5.1 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. TABLE A. 2019 LOCATIONS, SITE DESCRIPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE 2018 NATIONAL TALL FESCUE TEST SOIL SOIL SUN MOWING SOIL SOIL PHOSPHOROUS POTASSIUM NITROGEN OR HEIGHT IRRIGATION LOCATION TEXTURE PH (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/ACRE) (LBS/1000 SQ FT) SHADE (IN) PRACTICED NE1 SILTY CLAY AND CLAY 7.1-7.5 0-60 376-500 3.1-4.0 FULL SUN 2.1-2.5 TO PREVENT STRESS