TABLE 17C.  THATCH MEASUREMENTS OF BERMUDAGRASS (SEEDED) CULTIVARS 
                                                                         1989 DATA 
                                                                              
                                                            THATCH MEASUREMENTS IN MILLIMETERS  1/
 
                                                           NAME                     AZ1    MEAN 
 
                                                           NMS 4                   16.3    16.3 
                                                           NMS 3                   15.0    15.0 
                                                           NMS 1 (NUMEX-SAHARA)    14.3    14.3 
                                                           GUYMON                  14.0    14.0 
                                                           NMS 2                   12.3    12.3 
                                                           NMS 14                   9.7     9.7 
                                                           AZ. COMMON               8.0     8.0 

                                                           LSD VALUE                7.8     7.8 

                                      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).