TABLE 5C.   MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS (VEGETATIVE) CULTIVARS
                                                                 GROWN AT THREE LOCATIONS  1/
                                                                  IN THE SOUTHWEST REGION
                                                                         2006 DATA
                                                        TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  2/

                                                         NAME          AZ1     CA3    NM1    MEAN

                                                         DENSITY       6.8     3.4    4.6     5.0
                                                         609           7.1     3.1    4.7     4.9
                                                         LEGACY        5.7     3.2    4.9     4.6
                                                         NE 95-55      5.4     3.3    4.8     4.5
                                                         378           5.0     3.4    4.8     4.4

                                                         LSD VALUE     1.0     1.0    0.4     0.5
                                                         C.V. (%)     10.3    18.3    4.7    11.0

                           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.