TABLE 31C.   SPRING DEAD SPOT RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS (VEGETATIVE) CULTIVARS
                                                                      AT BLACKSBURG, VA  1/
                                                                           2001 DATA

                                                          SPRING DEAD SPOT RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO DISEASE  2/

                                     NAME                    4/25       4/29        5/4       5/11       5/28       MEAN

                                     CARDINAL                 3.0        3.7        4.7        6.0        8.0        5.1                                       
                                     OKC 19-9                 3.0        3.3        4.7        6.0        7.3        4.9                                       
                                     MIDLAWN                  3.0        3.7        4.0        5.3        7.7        4.7                                       
                                     PATRIOT (OKC 18-4)       3.0        3.0        3.7        5.0        7.0        4.3                                       
                                     TIFGREEN                 2.3        3.0        3.7        4.7        7.0        4.1                                       
                                     SHANGHAI                 1.7        2.7        3.7        4.0        6.7        3.7                                       
                                     CN 2-9                   1.3        1.7        2.7        3.0        5.7        2.9                                       
                                     TIFWAY                   1.0        1.7        2.7        3.3        6.0        2.9                                       
                                     MINI-VERDE               1.3        1.7        2.0        2.7        5.0        2.5                                       
                                     TIFSPORT (TIFT 94)       1.0        1.3        1.7        3.0        5.7        2.5                                       
                                    
                                     LSD VALUE                0.6        1.2        1.2        1.1        1.3        0.8
                                     C.V. (%)                17.7       26.7       20.6       15.2       11.5       13.1

                           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.