TABLE 17B.   FALL COLOR (SEPTEMBER) RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS (SEEDED) CULTIVARS  1/
                                                                           1999 DATA

                                                    FALL COLOR RATINGS 1-9; 9=COMPLETE COLOR RETENTION  2/

                                                                NAME         AZ1    NE1    MEAN

                                                                BAM-1000     7.0    6.3     6.7
                                                                BISON        6.3    6.7     6.5
                                                                TATANKA      7.0    5.7     6.3
                                                                TEXOKA       6.3    6.3     6.3
                                                                CODY         6.3    5.7     6.0

                                                                LSD VALUE    1.0    0.9     0.7
                                                                C.V. (%)     9.6    9.4     9.5

                           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.