TABLE 1.                                MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS                                             
                                                   IN THE 2002 NATIONAL BUFFALOGRASS TEST AT TUCSON, AZ  1/                                                
                                                                         2003 DATA                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                                  

                                                                         PERCENT  PERCENT   FALL     FALL
                       GENETIC  SPRING  LEAF   DENSITY DENSITY DENSITY    COVER    COVER   COLOR     COLOR    SEED           QUALITY RATINGS                  
    NAME                COLOR  GREENUP TEXTURE  SPRING  SUMMER   FALL    SPRING   SUMMER  SEPTEMBER OCTOBER   HEAD    MAY  JUN  JUL  AUG  SEP  OCT MEAN
                                                                                                                                                           
    FRONTIER TURFALLO    5.3      4.7    6.0      6.3     7.0     6.0     86.7     88.0      4.0      3.0      6.0    6.0  6.3  7.3  6.3  7.0  7.0  6.7    
    BISON                7.3      6.0    6.0      5.0     5.3     6.0     73.3     96.3      7.0      5.0      7.7    6.7  7.7  6.0  6.3  7.0  5.3  6.5    
    DENSITY              4.7      3.3    6.7      6.0     7.7     7.0     83.3     96.0      4.0      3.0      7.3    5.3  5.7  6.7  7.0  7.0  6.7  6.4    
    378                  6.7      5.7    7.7      6.0     7.3     7.3     85.0     80.0      6.3      4.3      9.0    4.3  5.0  6.0  7.7  7.3  7.7  6.3    
    BOWIE                6.0      4.7    5.7      5.3     6.0     6.3     78.3     89.7      6.3      4.3      8.0    6.0  6.3  6.3  6.7  6.0  5.3  6.1    
    SWI-2000             5.7      4.3    6.0      5.3     5.7     6.3     80.0     88.0      4.7      3.0      7.0    5.0  5.3  6.7  6.3  6.3  6.7  6.1    
    NE 95-55             7.3      6.0    5.7      5.3     6.3     6.3     66.7     73.3      7.0      5.0      8.7    5.0  5.3  5.7  7.3  6.3  6.3  6.0    
    609                  6.3      5.0    6.7      5.7     6.7     6.3     85.0     76.7      6.3      4.3      9.0    4.3  5.0  5.7  6.3  6.3  6.7  5.7    
    LEGACY               7.0      6.0    7.0      6.7     7.0     7.0     86.7     80.0      5.0      3.7      8.7    4.7  4.7  6.3  6.7  6.0  6.0  5.7    
    TEXOKA               6.3      5.0    5.3      5.0     5.0     6.0     71.7     73.3      4.3      3.0      8.0    4.0  4.3  5.0  6.0  5.0  5.3  4.9    

    LSD VALUE            0.9      1.1    1.0      2.5     1.2     2.9     21.1     28.0      1.4      0.8      1.3    2.7  3.2  2.5  2.5  4.0  3.7  2.9    
    C.V. (%)             8.5     12.2    9.2     17.2    10.8    16.0     11.7     14.3     14.8     13.1      9.1   22.8 24.6 16.4 14.2 22.7 22.5 17.5    

    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.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

           TABLE A.                            2003 LOCATIONS, SITE DESCRIPTIONS AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN                                                                                                                        
                                                            THE 2002 NATIONAL BUFFALOGRASS TEST                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                         SOIL          SOIL                           SUN      MOWING                                                                                                               
                      SOIL                   SOIL     PHOSPHOROUS   POTASSIUM        NITROGEN          OR      HEIGHT    IRRIGATION                                                                                                 
           LOCATION   TEXTURE                 PH      (LBS/ACRE)    (LBS/ACRE)   (LBS/1000 SQ FT)    SHADE      (IN)     PRACTICED                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
             AZ1      SANDY LOAM            7.6-8.5       0-60         501+          0.0-1.0        FULL SUN   1.6-2.0   TO PREVENT STRESS