TABLE 1. TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ZOYSIAGRASS CULTIVARS 1/ GROWN IN LOCATION PERFORMANCE INDEX (LPI) GROUP 1 **/ 2014 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME GA1 FL3 FL4 AL1 TN1 MO1 AR1 KS1 MEAN FAES 1319 5.0 7.0 6.8 6.4 7.0 5.4 6.7 7.0 6.4 FAES 1305 4.3 6.6 6.5 6.0 6.7 5.2 8.1 6.7 6.3 FAES 1304 5.1 6.9 6.2 4.8 7.0 5.2 6.7 6.3 6.0 DALZ 1301 4.1 6.4 6.0 4.9 6.6 5.2 8.1 6.8 6.0 * EMPIRE 5.4 6.5 6.1 6.1 6.7 4.8 5.3 6.4 5.9 * A-1 5.4 6.3 6.2 5.7 6.6 4.8 8.4 3.8 5.9 FAES 1312 4.3 6.4 6.2 5.9 6.4 4.8 6.5 6.3 5.9 DALZ 1302 4.9 6.4 6.1 6.1 6.4 4.9 5.8 6.2 5.8 KSUZ 1201 4.5 6.4 5.5 4.1 6.7 5.2 6.8 7.3 5.8 * ZEON 4.7 6.7 6.1 4.5 6.7 4.9 6.6 5.8 5.7 * MEYER 4.2 6.4 5.3 3.7 6.4 5.4 6.6 7.2 5.6 FAES 1313 4.8 6.5 6.4 5.2 6.5 4.4 7.5 3.8 5.6 10-TZ-35 4.8 6.3 5.7 5.0 6.5 4.7 5.9 6.2 5.6 FAES 1318 4.8 6.6 5.9 4.3 6.6 4.9 6.7 5.1 5.6 FAES 1329 4.2 6.5 6.7 5.4 6.3 4.3 8.0 3.3 5.6 FAES 1317 4.5 6.7 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 4.4 5.5 DALZ 1303 4.9 6.8 6.6 4.8 6.4 4.7 7.7 2.0 5.5 10-TZ-1254 4.2 6.6 5.9 5.1 6.2 4.8 4.5 6.1 5.4 11-TZ-4321 4.8 6.4 5.9 5.0 6.2 4.8 6.1 4.3 5.4 09-TZ-54-9 4.7 6.5 5.9 4.6 6.2 4.9 6.4 4.1 5.4 FAES 1307 3.4 6.6 6.7 5.7 5.9 4.2 5.8 4.6 5.4 FAES 1316 5.8 6.5 6.0 4.8 6.4 4.7 6.4 2.3 5.4 FAES 1315 4.4 6.8 6.3 4.6 6.2 4.7 6.1 3.4 5.3 CSZ 1105 4.4 6.5 6.2 5.6 5.8 4.8 5.3 3.4 5.2 FAES 1314 5.8 6.8 6.0 5.0 6.4 4.7 3.5 3.5 5.2 GGZ 504 4.3 6.4 5.8 4.4 5.9 4.6 5.8 3.7 5.1 FAES 1328 4.1 5.9 5.6 4.8 5.8 4.1 5.7 4.5 5.1 FAES 1310 3.6 6.5 6.6 6.3 5.0 4.6 4.6 1.6 4.8 FAES 1303 3.8 6.5 6.4 5.6 5.1 4.8 5.1 1.4 4.8 09-TZ-53-20 5.1 6.7 5.9 4.8 5.6 5.0 3.5 1.9 4.8 FAES 1306 3.6 6.6 6.4 5.5 5.2 4.6 4.8 1.8 4.8 FAES 1322 4.4 6.5 5.8 3.4 5.9 4.5 6.0 1.8 4.8 CSZ 1109 3.3 6.4 5.9 5.1 4.5 4.9 3.4 1.0 4.3 FAES 1308 3.2 6.1 5.7 5.3 4.3 4.4 2.5 1.1 4.1 FAES 1309 2.9 6.1 5.3 3.9 4.1 3.9 0.9 0.9 3.5 LSD VALUE 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 C.V. (%) 13.5 9.2 9.9 11.8 9.9 12.6 10.4 14.4 11.2 */ COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2015 **/ 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.