TABLE 1B.                                    MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINDS OF BUFFALOGRASS (SEEDED) 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 Mol M02 MS1 NE1 NE2 OH2 OK1 TXl TX2 TX3 TX4 US1 VA6 WA4 MEAN             

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
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
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
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
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 0.5 0.3 1.9 0.7 2.1 1.5 0.5 0.8 1.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.1 0.8 0.5 1.4 2.0 0.5 0.6 1.2 0.8 1.4 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.2

 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).