TABLE 49A.   SPRING DEAD SPOT RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS 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

                                       YUKON                     8.7         8.3        8.7        9.0        8.7
                                       OKC 70-18                 8.3         7.3        8.3        8.3        8.2
                                       ASHMORE                   7.7         8.0        8.0        8.3        7.9
                                       CIS-CD6                   8.3         7.7        7.3        7.7        7.9
                                       CIS-CD7                   7.7         7.3        7.7        8.0        7.7
                                       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
                                       RIVIERA                   7.7         6.7        7.3        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
                                       SWI-1003                  7.7         7.0        6.3        6.7        7.2
                                       CONTESSA (SWI-1045)       7.7         6.3        6.7        6.7        7.1
                                       NUMEX SAHARA              6.7         7.0        7.0        7.3        6.9
                                       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
                                       LAPALOMA (SRX 9500)       7.0         7.0        7.3        5.7        6.8
                                       SWI-1014                  6.7         7.0        6.7        7.0        6.8
                                       CIS-CD5                   6.7         7.3        6.7        6.3        6.7
                                       SWI-1046                  7.0         6.3        6.3        6.7        6.7
                                       ARIZONA COMMON            5.3         8.3        7.7        7.3        6.6
                                       SWI-1044                  7.3         6.0        5.3        6.3        6.6
                                       VERACRUZ (SWI-1041)       7.0         6.3        6.0        6.3        6.6
                                       SOVEREIGN (SWI-1012)      6.7         6.7        6.3        6.0        6.5
                                       MS-CHOICE                 5.0         7.3        7.7        7.3        6.2
                                       SWI-1001                  6.3         6.0        5.3        6.7        6.2
                                       SR 9554                   5.3         6.7        6.7        7.0        6.1
                                       SUNBIRD (PST-R68A)        6.3         6.7        5.3        5.0        6.0
                                       CELEBRATION               6.3         6.0        5.3        5.3        5.9
                                       PANAMA                    5.0         6.3        7.0        7.0        5.9
                                       PRINCESS 77               5.7         4.7        6.3        7.0        5.8
                                       SUNDEVIL II               6.0         5.3        5.7        6.0        5.8
                                       SOUTHERN STAR             6.3         4.0        5.3        6.0        5.7
                                       TIFT NO. 3                5.3         6.0        5.0        6.3        5.6
                                       FMC-6                     5.7         5.0        5.3        5.3        5.4
                                       SUNSTAR                   5.3         5.3        5.3        5.0        5.3
                                       MOHAWK                    4.3         6.3        5.0        4.3        4.8
                                       TIFT NO. 2                4.3         4.7        5.3        5.3        4.7
                                       TRANSCONTINENTAL          5.0         4.3        4.0        4.3        4.6
                                       B-14                      4.3         4.7        3.3        4.0        4.2
                                       TIFT NO. 1                3.7         4.7        5.7        3.7        4.2

                                       LSD VALUE                 2.6         3.4        4.4        3.2        1.6
                                       C.V. (%)                 21.1        22.9       26.9       23.4       20.9

                           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.