TABLE 49C.    SPRING DEAD SPOT RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (VEGETATIVE) CULTIVARS
                                                                     AT BLACKSBURG, VA  1/
                                                                       2003-06 DATA

                                                        SPRING DEAD SPOT RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO DISEASE  2/

                                                                           APRIL       MAY       JUNE
                                        NAME                   2005        2006       2006       2006       MEAN

                                        OKC 70-18               8.3         7.3        8.3        8.3        8.2
                                        ASHMORE                 7.7         8.0        8.0        8.3        7.9
                                        TIFWAY                  7.7         7.3        8.0        7.7        7.7
                                        MIDLAWN                 6.7         8.3        8.3        9.0        7.6
                                        TIFT NO. 4              7.7         7.3        7.3        7.7        7.6
                                        PATRIOT                 7.0         7.7        8.0        7.7        7.4
                                        TIFSPORT                7.0         8.0        8.0        7.7        7.4
                                        GN-1                    8.0         6.7        5.3        7.3        7.2
                                        PREMIER (OR 2002)       7.3         6.7        6.3        6.7        6.9
                                        AUSSIE GREEN            7.3         7.0        5.7        6.0        6.8
                                        MS-CHOICE               5.0         7.3        7.7        7.3        6.2
                                        CELEBRATION             6.3         6.0        5.3        5.3        5.9
                                        TIFT NO. 3              5.3         6.0        5.0        6.3        5.6

                                        LSD VALUE               1.8         1.9        2.4        1.9        1.3
                                        C.V. (%)               13.7        12.3       17.9       13.8       14.9

                           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.