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                                    TABLE 5.     MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS                                                    
                                                            GROWN AT SIX LOCATIONS IN THE U.S.  1/                                                           
                                                                         2004 DATA                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                             
                                                       TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  2/                                                       
                                                                                                                                                             
                                               NAME                 CA3    KS1    NE1     OK1    TX1     UT1                                                 
                                                                                                                                                             
                                               378                  4.5    5.6    5.8     5.0    5.1     4.2                                                 
                                               609                  4.5    4.9    5.0     4.9    5.6     2.2                                                 
                                               BISON                4.3    5.1    5.2     5.0    4.8     4.8                                                 
                                               BOWIE                4.3    5.8    6.4     6.0    4.8     4.3                                                 
                                               DENSITY              4.6    5.2    4.5     6.7    5.6     4.1                                                 
                                               FRONTIER TURFALLO    5.1    4.8    4.2     4.8    4.6     4.0                                                 
                                               LEGACY               4.3    6.4    6.9     4.6    5.1     3.8                                                 
                                               NE 95-55             5.0    5.8    7.0     4.9    4.8     3.1                                                 
                                               SWI-2000             4.3    6.0    6.8     5.0    4.8     4.5                                                 
                                               TEXOKA               4.2    5.8    4.4     5.1    4.8     1.4                                                 
                                                                                                                                                             
                                               LSD VALUE            0.6    0.6    0.4     0.9    0.5     1.0                                                 
                                               C.V. (%)             8.6    7.1    4.4    10.4    6.1    16.9                                                 
 
                           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.