TABLE 3.                          MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS                                       
                                                  IN THE 2002 NATIONAL BUFFALOGRASS TEST AT MANHATTAN, KS  1/                                        
                                                                         2004 DATA                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                     
                                                     TURFGRASS QUALITY AND OTHER RATINGS 1-9;  9=BEST  2/                                            
                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                             FALL     FALL                                           
                             GENETIC  SPRING   COLOR    COLOR     COLOR    COLOR   COLOR     COLOR    COLOR             QUALITY RATINGS              
          NAME                COLOR  GREENUP   APRIL      MAY     JUNE     JULY    AUGUST SEPTEMBER  OCTOBER  APR  MAY JUN JUL  AUG  SEP  OCT MEAN   
                                                                                                                                                     
          LEGACY               7.3      4.7      4.7      7.7      7.3      8.0      8.0      6.0      4.0    4.3  8.0 7.3 7.7  7.0  7.0  3.7  6.4   
          SWI-2000             7.0      5.0      5.0      6.3      6.7      7.0      6.7      5.0      3.0    4.3  7.0 6.7 7.0  6.3  6.3  4.0  6.0   
          BOWIE                6.7      5.0      5.0      6.7      6.3      7.0      6.3      5.0      2.7    5.0  6.7 6.3 6.7  6.0  6.0  4.0  5.8   
          NE 95-55             6.7      5.0      5.0      7.3      6.3      7.7      7.7      5.0      3.3    4.3  7.0 6.0 6.3  6.7  6.7  3.7  5.8   
          TEXOKA               6.7      5.0      5.0      6.3      6.3      7.3      6.3      6.0      4.7    5.0  5.7 6.7 7.0  6.0  6.0  4.0  5.8   
          378                  7.0      4.3      4.3      7.0      7.0      8.0      6.3      3.5      2.3    4.7  6.7 7.0 7.0  5.3  5.3  3.0  5.6   
          DENSITY              5.0      2.0      2.0      4.7      4.3      6.0      5.7      8.0      6.0    2.3  5.3 5.0 6.0  6.0  7.0  5.0  5.2   
          BISON                7.0      4.7      4.7      6.0      6.3      7.3      7.0      5.5      4.0    4.0  5.0 6.0 6.0  5.7  5.7  3.7  5.1   
          609                  7.0      3.7      3.7      6.3      6.0      7.0      7.0      8.0      5.3    3.0  4.0 4.3 5.3  6.3  6.3  4.7  4.9   
          FRONTIER TURFALLO    6.0      1.3      1.3      5.0      5.3      6.3      5.0      4.7      4.0    1.3  4.7 5.7 6.7  5.0  5.3  4.7  4.8   
                                                                                                                                                     
          LSD VALUE            0.5      0.9      0.9      0.8      1.0      0.6      0.8      1.0      1.2    1.1  1.1 1.0 0.8  1.5  1.3  0.7  0.6   
          C.V. (%)             4.8     13.3     13.3      7.8      9.3      5.1      7.7      9.0     18.2   17.3 11.1 9.6 7.2 11.8 10.5 10.6  6.4   
                                                                                                                                                     
          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.                             2004 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        
                                                                                                                                                 
            KS1      SILT LOAM AND SILT    6.6-7.0     151-270      241-375         3.1-4.0        FULL SUN   2.6-3.0   TO PREVENT STRESS