TABLE 5. TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF ZOYSIAGRASS CULTIVARS 1/ GROWN IN LOCATION PERFORMANCE INDEX (LPI) GROUP 1 **/ 2021 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME ENTRY # MD1 NC1 GA1 FL1 FL3 TN1 AR1 OK1 MEAN * FAES 1319 31 8.1 6.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.2 7.3 6.3 6.7 FZ 1727 9 8.0 6.1 5.9 6.1 6.3 7.1 7.4 6.1 6.6 FZ 1732 39 7.9 5.8 5.8 5.9 6.3 7.0 7.3 6.1 6.5 FZ 1722 36 7.8 6.0 5.8 6.0 6.2 7.0 7.3 6.0 6.5 FAES 1335 32 7.6 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.1 7.0 7.3 5.9 6.5 DALZ 1808 21 8.0 5.8 5.7 5.7 6.3 6.9 7.1 6.1 6.5 DALZ 1701 29 7.9 5.6 5.6 5.7 6.4 6.9 7.1 6.2 6.4 DALZ 1613 27 7.6 6.0 5.7 5.7 6.2 6.9 7.0 6.0 6.4 FZ 1440 7 7.1 5.8 5.8 6.1 6.0 6.9 7.3 5.9 6.4 * EMERALD 2 7.9 5.5 5.5 5.6 6.3 6.8 7.1 6.1 6.4 DALZ 1707 30 7.7 5.9 5.7 5.6 6.2 6.9 6.9 6.0 6.4 * ZEON 3 7.8 5.5 5.5 5.6 6.3 6.8 7.0 6.1 6.3 16-TZ-12783 12 7.8 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.9 6.8 7.1 5.7 6.3 DALZ 1614 28 7.4 5.6 5.5 5.5 6.2 6.8 6.9 6.0 6.2 * EMPIRE 15 6.9 5.7 5.5 5.3 6.3 6.8 6.6 6.0 6.1 DALZ 1311 22 6.8 6.1 5.6 5.3 6.1 6.8 6.5 5.7 6.1 FZ 1407 34 6.9 5.9 5.5 5.3 6.1 6.8 6.6 5.8 6.1 15-TZ-11715 11 7.7 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.9 6.5 6.9 5.7 6.1 FZ 1422 8 7.0 5.6 5.4 5.2 6.2 6.7 6.6 6.0 6.1 DALZ 1601 25 7.1 5.9 5.5 5.3 6.0 6.7 6.6 5.7 6.1 FZ 1436 10 6.7 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.8 6.7 7.1 5.7 6.1 FZ 1367 6 5.5 5.9 5.7 5.6 6.2 7.0 6.8 5.9 6.1 FZ 1327 33 7.0 6.1 5.5 5.3 5.9 6.7 6.5 5.6 6.1 DALZ 1603 26 7.0 5.7 5.4 5.2 6.0 6.7 6.5 5.7 6.0 16-TZ-13463 13 7.2 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.8 6.6 6.7 5.6 6.0 DALZ 1408 23 6.3 5.4 5.5 5.8 5.8 6.7 7.0 5.7 6.0 FZ 1723 37 6.2 6.0 5.6 5.2 6.2 6.8 6.4 5.8 6.0 FZ 1410 4 6.8 5.6 5.3 5.1 6.0 6.6 6.4 5.7 5.9 DALZ 1409 24 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.6 6.8 5.7 5.9 UGA GZ 17-4 14 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.9 6.6 6.6 5.6 5.9 DALZ 1713 16 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.9 6.7 6.5 5.6 5.9 DALZ 1806 19 4.3 5.9 5.5 5.0 6.0 6.8 6.1 5.6 5.7 FZ 1728 38 5.9 5.5 5.1 5.0 5.5 6.3 6.1 5.2 5.6 * MEYER 1 5.9 5.4 4.9 4.6 5.5 6.1 5.8 5.1 5.4 DALZ 1802 18 2.9 5.6 5.3 4.8 6.1 6.7 5.8 5.7 5.3 FZ 1368 5 2.7 5.8 5.4 4.6 6.2 6.7 5.6 5.7 5.3 DALZ 1714 17 2.9 5.5 5.2 4.6 6.0 6.5 5.6 5.5 5.2 FZ 1721 35 2.1 5.5 5.1 4.3 6.0 6.5 5.3 5.5 5.0 DALZ 1807 20 1.6 5.3 4.9 4.0 5.9 6.3 5.0 5.4 4.8 LSD VALUE 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 C.V. (%) 10.1 11.3 11.7 12.0 10.7 9.6 9.7 11.2 10.7 */ COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2022 **/ 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.