TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWENTY-EIGHT LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1991-1995 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME AR1 AZl CAl CA3 CA4 COl C02 ID2 ILl IL2 IL3 KS1 KS2 KS3 M01 M02 MS1 NE1 NE2 OH2 OK1 TXl TX2 TX3 TX4 UB1 VA6 WA4 MEAN * 378 (NE 85-378) 5.8 5.8 5.0 5.0 4.7 7.8 8.0 3.7 4.2 6.6 6.1 6.1 7.3 7.2 6.2 7.1 4.5 6.5 6.0 3.9 7.0 5.5 6.5 5.4 4.5 6.6 3.8 4.8 5.8 * 315 (NE 84-315) 5.9 6.0 5.3 5.1 4.3 6.2 6.0 3.3 4.7 6.3 7.4 5.7 6.7 6.6 6.4 7.7 3.6 6.7 7.3 5.8 7.2 5.2 7.3 5.2 3.6 6.4 3.8 4.8 5.7 * BUFFALAWN 5.8 6.2 6.4 5.7 6.7 7.3 6.0 5.3 2.3 7.2 4.7 6.1 7.1 7.3 4.9 6.4 5.6 3.5 6.7 4.1 6.9 6.2 5.5 5.4 3.9 5.5 1.8 3.6 5.5 NE 84-436 4.9 6.0 4.8 4.7 3.3 8.1 6.3 2.0 4.1 7.1 6.4 6.1 6.8 7.0 6.3 6.7 4.1 6.1 4.7 4.8 6.9 5.9 6.5 4.7 4.0 6.5 3.3 4.2 5.4 NTG-5 5.6 6.0 5.1 4.7 5.3 6.4 4.3 3.7 4.5 6.6 6.0 6.2 7.1 7.0 6.5 5.8 3.9 6.1 3.3 4.9 6.1 5.7 6.5 4.8 4.1 6.0 3.5 5.6 5.4 NTG-2 6.3 6.2 5.1 4.8 5.0 7.0 6.7 2.0 4.1 6.8 6.6 5.8 7.1 7.0 6.1 5.3 3.4 6.1 3.3 5.0 6.5 5.5 5.3 4.6 3.7 5.7 4.2 5.1 5.4 AZ 143 4.9 5.8 5.1 5.0 3.0 7.5 4.7 1.0 4.0 7.0 6.7 5.7 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.8 4.2 6.5 5.3 5.2 6.7 5.7 6.8 5.6 4.0 6.4 3.3 4.4 5.3 NTG-3 3.4 6.1 5.1 4.9 4.0 7.0 6.0 1.7 4.6 7.1 5.9 5.9 7.0 7.2 6.7 6.0 3.9 6.0 3.3 5.3 6.3 5.8 5.8 4.8 3.4 6.1 4.2 4.7 5.3 * 609 (NE 84-609) 5.5 6.6 5.8 5.0 6.3 2.8 3.0 1.0 4.4 5.9 5.3 5.8 8.3 8.6 4.9 7.2 4.8 4.4 6.0 3.8 7.0 6.6 6.2 3.8 5.1 5.4 2.3 5.0 5.2 * TATANKA (NTG-1) 4.5 5.9 5.3 4.8 5.0 7.1 4.7 1.7 4.2 6.7 6.6 6.0 7.4 7.5 6.0 5.9 3.9 5.6 2.0 5.1 6.1 5.7 5.7 4.7 3.8 5.8 3.7 4.9 5.2 NTG-4 5.3 5.9 5.3 4.9 4.7 6.1 3.7 1.0 4.3 6.6 6.1 5.9 7.5 7.0 5.5 6.1 5.0 5.7 2.0 4.8 6.3 5.4 5.7 4.8 4.1 5.9 3.7 5.6 5.2 * PRAIRIE 3.2 6.2 5.9 5.4 6.7 7.7 6.0 1.3 3.9 6.9 4.2 5.5 7.0 7.3 5.2 7.3 3.3 4.2 5.3 5.0 6.7 6.3 4.7 3.1 4.1 5.4 1.9 4.6 5.2 HIGHLIGHT 4 4.8 6.1 5.7 5.5 6.0 7.0 7.3 3.7 1.9 6.1 4.3 4.9 6.5 6.6 4.6 7.6 4.3 2.6 5.3 2.9 6.7 6.1 5.2 3.9 4.1 5.0 1.9 3.7 5.0 NE 84-45-3 3.9 5.5 4.5 4.6 3.3 6.6 6.7 2.7 3.1 6.3 6.2 4.9 6.5 6.7 4.5 6.0 4.2 5.8 4.7 4.1 6.1 4.9 6.0 4.3 2.9 5.4 2.0 3.8 4.9 HIGHLIGHT 15 4.0 6.0 6.0 5.6 6.0 6.4 7.0 2.0 6.3 1.7 5.4 6.6 6.8 5.0 6.1 4.5 2.4 6.0 2.9 6.6 5.8 4.5 3.7 4.1 3.7 1.9 4.2 4.9 * TOP GUN (BAM 101) 4.3 5.9 5.3 4.7 4.7 6.2 4.3 1.0 3.8 5.9 4.6 5.7 7.3 7.4 5.5 5.7 4.4 5.6 2.7 4.4 6.3 5.7 4.3 4.1 3.7 5.4 2.6 4.4 4.9 * SHARPS IMPROVED 3.8 6.0 5.4 4.7 5.0 6.5 2.7 2.0 4.0 6.3 6.2 5.5 7.5 7.4 6.2 4.8 4.2 5.3 2.0 4.2 6.3 5.8 4.3 4.0 3.3 5.4 2.7 4.5 4.9 HIGHLIGHT 25 5.2 6.0 6.3 5.6 4.3 5.9 7.0 3.3 2.0 6.3 3.6 5.5 6.0 5.7 4.7 6.8 5.1 2.3 5.3 1.9 6.8 6.2 4.3 4.8 3.8 4.8 1.8 3.9 4.8 * PLAINS (BAM 202) 4.9 5.9 5.4 4.5 5.3 6.4 3.7 2.0 3.9 5.3 6.1 5.1 7.0 7.7 5.3 4.7 3.5 5.0 2.0 5.3 5.8 5.6 4.3 3.9 4.1 4.8 2.5 4.8 4.8 * TEXOKA 5.0 5.5 5.3 4.4 3.3 6.3 3.0 2.0 3.4 6.5 5.9 5.9 7.2 7.5 6.1 3.4 4.1 5.4 2.7 3.8 6.1 5.2 6.0 3.9 4.6 5.5 1.9 4.5 4.8 RUTGERS 5.3 5.9 5.7 5.5 5.0 7.1 5.7 1.7 2.3 5.4 4.1 5.3 6.9 7.2 4.6 6.1 4.7 1.9 4.7 3.0 6.4 6.0 4.8 5.1 3.5 3.9 1.4 4.7 4.8 * BISON 4.2 6.1 5.5 4.6 5.0 6.4 3.3 1.3 3.4 5.5 5.9 5.4 7.4 7.6 5.8 4.1 3.4 5.3 2.0 4.1 6.1 5.5 4.3 3.9 3.3 5.3 3.2 5.1 4.8 LSD VALUE 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.3 2.0 1.2 2.3 1.8 0.5 0.8 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.5 2.1 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.0 1.4 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.2 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 1995. 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).