TABLE 34A.            SPRING DEAD SPOT RATINGS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                      AT BLACKSBURG, VA  1/
                                                                        1997-2001 DATA

                                                          SPRING DEAD SPOT RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO DISEASE  2/  3/

                                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
                                RIVIERA (OKS 95-1)                3.0        3.3        3.7        4.7        6.7        4.3
                                TIFGREEN                          2.3        3.0        3.7        4.7        7.0        4.1
                                BLACKJACK                         2.7        3.0        3.7        3.7        6.3        3.9
                                SHANGHAI                          1.7        2.7        3.7        4.0        6.7        3.7
                                SUNDEVIL II                       1.3        2.3        3.0        3.0        5.3        3.0
                                CN 2-9                            1.3        1.7        2.7        3.0        5.7        2.9
                                SOUTHERN STAR (J-1224)            1.0        2.0        3.0        3.0        5.3        2.9
                                TIFWAY                            1.0        1.7        2.7        3.3        6.0        2.9
                                TRANSCONTINENTAL (PST-R69C)       1.7        2.3        2.7        2.7        5.3        2.9
                                SAVANNAH                          1.3        2.0        2.7        2.7        5.3        2.8
                                J-540                             1.0        2.0        2.7        2.7        5.3        2.7
                                JACKPOT                           1.0        1.7        2.3        3.0        5.7        2.7
                                SYDNEY (SWI-7)                    1.3        1.7        2.3        3.0        5.0        2.7
                                BLUE-MUDA                         1.0        2.0        2.3        2.3        4.7        2.5
                                MINI-VERDE                        1.3        1.7        2.0        2.7        5.0        2.5
                                MIRAGE                            1.3        2.0        2.3        2.7        4.3        2.5
                                PYRAMID                           1.0        2.0        2.3        3.0        4.3        2.5
                                TIFSPORT (TIFT 94)                1.0        1.3        1.7        3.0        5.7        2.5
                                SHANGRI LA                        1.0        2.0        2.3        2.3        4.3        2.4
                                ARIZONA COMMON                    1.0        1.3        2.3        2.0        3.3        2.0
                                MAJESTIC                          1.0        1.3        2.0        2.0        3.7        2.0
                                NUMEX-SAHARA                      1.0        1.3        2.0        1.7        3.7        1.9
                                SWI-11                            1.0        1.0        2.0        2.0        3.7        1.9
                                PRINCESS                          1.0        1.0        1.7        1.7        3.3        1.7

                                LSD VALUE                         0.5        1.1        0.9        0.8        1.2        0.7
                                C.V. (%)                         22.2       29.6       20.3       17.2       14.7       14.7

                           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.

                           3/  SPRING DEAD SPOT RATED IN 2001 ONLY.