PRELIMINARY DATA - NOT FOR PUBLICATION 
 

                               TABLE 6.          MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                           GROWN AT EIGHT LOCATIONS IN THE U.S.  1/
                                                                         2005 DATA

                                                       TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  2/

                               NAME                                AZ1     CA3    CO1    KS1     NE1     OK1    TX1     UT1

                               378                                 6.0     3.9    6.1    5.2     5.4     3.3    4.8     4.7
                               609                                 5.8     3.9    2.1    5.2     3.9     2.2    5.9     2.1
                               BISON                               7.0     3.4    5.1    5.2     4.7     2.7    4.9     4.7
                               BOWIE                               6.8     3.7    5.2    5.4     5.4     5.8    5.1     4.7
                               DENSITY                             6.5     4.1    3.1    4.8     5.1     5.8    6.4     4.3
                               LEGACY                              5.6     3.6    5.9    6.0     6.0     2.4    4.8     5.5
                               NE 95-55                            6.8     4.0    5.1    5.7     5.8     2.4    4.5     3.8
                               SWI-2000                            6.9     3.7    5.1    5.5     4.8     2.3    4.8     5.1
                               TECH TURF 1 (FRONTIER TURFALLO)     6.4     3.9    4.9    4.1     2.9     4.9    4.6     4.5
                               TEXOKA                              5.0     3.7    4.8    5.7     4.5     4.2    4.6     1.8

                               LSD VALUE                           1.9     0.8    0.4    0.6     1.0     2.0    0.8     1.0
                               C.V. (%)                           17.0    13.7    4.6    7.6    12.5    34.5    9.8    14.7

                          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.