TABLE 56A.  SPRING DEAD SPOT MEASUREMENTS OF BERMUDAGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                      AT STILLWATER, OK  1/
                                                                        1997-2001 DATA

                                                         SPRING DEAD SPOT MEASURED IN SQ. CENTIMETER  2/

                                          NAME                             2000        2001        2002        MEAN

                                          MINI-VERDE                      1194.7      3676.3      4901.7      3257.6
                                          PRINCESS                        1947.3      3726.7      3311.7      2995.2
                                          MAJESTIC                        1080.7      2530.3      3096.3      2235.8
                                          PYRAMID                         1093.3      2502.7      2885.7      2160.6
                                          TRANSCONTINENTAL (PST-R69C)      805.7      2123.7      3177.7      2035.7
                                          SWI-11                           536.7      2572.7      2589.0      1899.4
                                          J-540                            875.7      2332.3      2180.0      1796.0
                                          BLUE-MUDA                        805.7      1830.0      2377.7      1671.1
                                          SHANGRI LA                       741.7      1755.7      2476.0      1657.8
                                          SOUTHERN STAR (J-1224)           808.7      1752.7      2263.7      1608.3
                                          JACKPOT                          681.7      1804.3      2292.7      1592.9
                                          NUMEX-SAHARA                     617.7      1733.0      2416.3      1589.0
                                          BLACKJACK                        751.0      1977.7      2035.0      1587.9
                                          SYDNEY (SWI-7)                   834.3      1256.3      2642.0      1577.6
                                          SAVANNAH                         716.7      1735.7      2186.3      1546.2
                                          ARIZONA COMMON                   622.3      1790.7      2220.7      1544.6
                                          SUNDEVIL II                      637.3      1553.7      2289.7      1493.6
                                          TIFWAY                           469.3      1132.3      2754.0      1451.9
                                          MIRAGE                           747.0      1626.0      1923.0      1432.0
                                          TIFGREEN                         486.3      1118.0      2124.7      1243.0
                                          RIVIERA (OKS 95-1)               795.0      1190.7      1595.0      1193.6
                                          SHANGHAI                         778.7      1206.3      1276.7      1087.2
                                          CN 2-9                           383.0       931.0      1903.7      1072.6
                                          TIFSPORT (TIFT 94)               472.7       926.7       995.7       798.3
                                          PATRIOT (OKC 18-4)               377.0       753.3       766.3       632.2
                                          OKC 19-9                          68.0       132.3       429.7       210.0
                                          MIDLAWN                           20.3        44.3        99.3        54.7
                                          CARDINAL                          25.3        28.0        75.3        42.9

                                          LSD VALUE                        697.8      1114.8      1117.1       817.3
                                          C.V. (%)                          55.3        42.0        33.2        61.4

                           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.