TABLE 3A. RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS 1/ GROWN AT TWENTY-EIGHT LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1991-1995 DATA QUALITY RANKINGS; 1=HIGHEST MEAN: STATE LOCATIONS REPORTING 21 NAME AR1 AZl CAl CA3 CA4 C01 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) 3 19 20 10 14.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 7 10 9.0 4 7 11.0 6 5.0 6 2 4.0 16.0 2.0 18 4.0 2.0 3.0 1 3.0 8 1 315 (NE 84-315) 2 12 15 7 16.5 18.5 9.5 5.5 1 15 1.0 11 17 20.0 3 1.0 18 1 1.0 1.0 1.0 21 1.0 4.0 17.0 3 4.0 9 2 BUFFALAWN 4 4 1 1 1.5 5.0 9.5 1.0 18 1 16.0 3 10 8.0 18 9.0 1 18 2.0 14.0 5.0 3 12.0 3.0 12.0 10 20.0 22 3 NE 84-436 13 11 21 16 20.0 1.0 7.0 10.0 8 2 5.0 2 16 15.0 4 8.0 13 6 11.0 9.5 4.0 7 4.0 10.5 10.0 2 9.0 18 4 NTG-5 5 13 17 17 6.5 15.5 15.5 3.0 3 8 11.0 1 9 13.5 2 16.0 17 5 14.0 8.0 17.5 12 4.0 6.5 4.0 6 7.0 1 5 NTG-2 1 3 16 13 10.0 10.0 5.5 10.0 9 6 3.5 10 11 16.0 8 18.0 20 4 14.0 6.5 11.0 17 13.0 12.0 15.0 9 2.0 3 6 AZ 143 12 20 19 8 22.0 4.0 13.5 19.5 10 4 2.0 12 21 21.0 10 6.5 11 3 7.5 4.0 7.0 11 2.0 1.0 11.0 4 8.0 16 7 NTG-3 21 7 18 12 18.0 8.5 9.5 14.0 2 3 12.0 8 12 12.0 1 14.0 16 7 14.0 2.5 15.0 9 9.0 8.5 19.0 5 1.0 10 8 609 (NE 84-609) 6 1 5 9 3.0 22.0 20.5 19.5 4 18 15.0 9 1 1.0 17 4.0 4 16 4.0 18.0 3.0 1 6.0 20.0 1.0 16 14.0 5 9 TATANKA (NTG-1) 15 17 11 14 10.0 7.0 13.5 14.0 6 7 3.5 5 5 5.0 9 15.0 15 10 20.0 5.0 19.0 14 10.5 10.5 13.0 8 5.0 6 10 NTG-4 7 14 14 11 14.0 20.0 17.5 19.5 5 9 9.0 6 3 13.5 13 10.5 3 9 20.0 9.5 13.0 19 10.5 6.5 9.0 7 6.0 2 11 PRAIRIE 22 2 4 6 1.5 3.0 9.5 16.5 12 5 19.0 16 13 9.0 15 3.0 22 17 7.5 6.5 9.0 2 16.0 22.0 5.5 13 17.0 12 12 HIGHLIGHT 4 14 5 7 5 4.5 8.5 2.0 3.0 22 17 18.0 22 19 19.0 20 2.0 9 19 7.5 20.0 8.0 5 14.0 18.0 5.5 18 18.5 21 13 NE 84-45-3 19 22 22 19 20.0 11.0 5.5 7.0 17 16 6.5 21 20 18.0 22 13.0 10 8 11.0 14.0 20.0 22 7.5 13.0 22.0 14 15.0 20 14 HIGHLIGHT 15 18 8 3 3 4.5 15.5 3.5 20 14 22.0 18 18 17.0 16 12.0 7 20 4.0 21.0 10.0 8 17.0 21.0 7.5 22 16.0 17 15 TOP GUN (BAM 101) 16 16 12 15 14.0 18.5 15.5 19.5 14 19 17.0 13 6 6.0 12 17.0 8 11 16.5 11.0 16.0 13 19.0 14.0 16.0 15 12.0 15 16 SHARPS IMPROVED 20 9 9 18 10.0 12.0 22.0 10.0 11 12 6.5 14 2 7.0 5 19.0 12 14 20.0 12.0 14.0 10 21.5 15.0 21.0 12 11.0 13 17 HIGHLIGHT 25 9 10 2 2 16.5 21.0 3.5 5.5 21 13 21.0 15 22 22.0 19 6.5 2 21 7.5 22.0 6.0 4 19.0 8.5 14.0 20 21.0 19 18 PLAINS (BAM 202) 11 15 10 21 6.5 14.0 17.5 10.0 13 22 9.0 20 14 2.0 14 20.0 19 15 20.0 2.5 22.0 15 19.0 18.0 7.5 19 13.0 7 19 TEXOKA 10 21 13 22 20.0 17.0 20.5 10.0 16 11 13.5 7 8 4.0 7 22.0 14 12 16.5 17.0 17.5 20 7.5 18.0 2.0 11 18.5 14 20 RUTGERS 8 18 6 4 10.0 6.0 12.0 14.0 19 21 20.0 19 15 10.0 21 10.5 5 22 11.0 19.0 12.0 6 15.0 5.0 18.0 21 22.0 11 21 BISON 17 6 8 20 10.0 13.0 19.0 16.5 15 20 13.5 17 4 3.0 11 21.0 21 13 20.0 14.0 21.0 16 21.5 16.0 20.0 17 10.0 4 22 1/ THIS TABLE CONTAINS NO STATISTICAL VALUES (LSD VALUES)THEREFORE IT SHOULD ONLY BE USED TO DETERMINE THE GENERAL PERFORMANCE OF AN ENTRY OR ENTRIES ACROSS SEVERAL LOCATIONS OR REGIONS. TO ASSESS STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, REFER TO THE MEANS AND LSD VALUES FOUND IN TABLE 1. 2/ RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY IS ACHIEVED BY ASSIGNING "1" TO THE HIGHEST MEAN, "2" TO THE SECOND HIGHEST MEAN, ETC. FOR EACH LOCATION. FOR EXAMPLE, IF TWO MEANS ARE TIED FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD RANKS, BOTH ARE ASSIGNED "2.5".