TABLE 29.     ROOT DEPTH RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS
                                 GROWN ON A GREEN AT DALLAS, TEXAS (TX1)  1/
                                                1996 DATA

                       ROOT DEPTH MEASURED THE LONGEST ROOT PER PLOT IN MILLIMETER  2/

                              NAME                   MARCH    JUNE    MEAN

                              BACKSPIN (SYN 92-2)     23.3    21.7    22.5
                              PENN G-2 (G-2)          22.0    21.3    21.7
                              PENNLINKS               21.3    21.3    21.3
                              PROVIDENCE              21.7    21.0    21.3
                              SR 1020                 21.7    21.0    21.3
                              CRENSHAW                21.3    21.0    21.2
                              CATO                    20.3    20.3    20.3
                              LOPEZ                   20.3    20.3    20.3
                              DG-P                    20.0    20.0    20.0
                              CENTURY (SYN 92-1)      19.3    19.7    19.5
                              MSUEB                   19.7    19.3    19.5
                              SEASIDE                 20.0    19.0    19.5
                              PENNCROSS               19.7    18.3    19.0
                              PENN A-4 (A-4)          18.7    19.0    18.8
                              PENN A-1 (A-1)          18.7    18.7    18.7
                              BAR AS 492              18.7    18.0    18.3
                              LOFTS L-93 (L-93)       18.3    18.3    18.3
                              REGENT                  18.7    18.0    18.3
                              TRUELINE                17.7    18.3    18.0
                              18TH GREEN              18.0    17.7    17.8
                              MARINER (SYN-1-88)      18.0    17.7    17.8
                              SOUTHSHORE              18.0    17.7    17.8
                              ISI-AP-89150            17.7    17.7    17.7
                              PENN G-6 (G-6)          17.3    17.7    17.5
                              IMPERIAL (SYN 92-5)     17.3    17.3    17.3
                              PRO/CUP                 17.7    17.0    17.3
                              TENDENZ                 21.0    13.3    17.2
                              BAR WS 42102            15.7    15.3    15.5

                              LSD VALUE                8.1    12.6     9.4

                              C.V. (%)                14.4    19.2    15.3

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 MEANS IN EACH COLUMN.