TABLE 49A.     PYTHIUM ROOT ROT RATINGS OF BENTGRASS CULTIVARS  1/
                                                              GROWN ON A GREENS AT RALEIGH, NC  2/
                                                                        2003-07 DATA

                                                         PYTHIUM ROOT ROT RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO DISEASE  3/

                                                   NAME                    NOVEMBER   DECEMBER     MEAN

                                                   MEMORIAL (A03-EDI)         8.0       9.0         8.5
                                                   007 (DSB)                  7.7       9.0         8.3
                                                   INDEPENDENCE               7.7       9.0         8.3
                                                   KINGPIN (9200)             7.7       9.0         8.3
                                                   PENNLINKS II               7.7       9.0         8.3
                                                   VENUS (EFD)                7.7       9.0         8.3
                                                   13-M                       7.3       9.0         8.2
                                                   BENGAL                     7.3       9.0         8.2
                                                   COBRA 2 (IS-AP 9)          7.3       9.0         8.2
                                                   MACKENZIE (SRX 1GPD)       7.3       9.0         8.2
                                                   SHARK (23R)                7.3       9.0         8.2
                                                   TYEE (SRX 1GD)             7.3       9.0         8.2
                                                   VESPER                     7.3       9.0         8.2
                                                   VILLA (IS-AC 1)            7.3       9.0         8.2
                                                   AUTHORITY (235050)         7.0       9.0         8.0
                                                   DECLARATION                7.0       9.0         8.0
                                                   LS-44                      7.0       9.0         8.0
                                                   PENN A-1                   7.0       9.0         8.0
                                                   PENNCROSS                  7.0       9.0         8.0
                                                   SR 7200                    7.0       9.0         8.0
                                                   ALPHA                      6.7       9.0         7.8
                                                   GREENWICH                  6.7       9.0         7.8
                                                   BENCHMARK DSR              6.3       9.0         7.7
                                                   CY-2                       6.3       9.0         7.7
                                                   T-1                        6.3       9.0         7.7
                                                   LEGENDARY                  6.7       7.7         7.2

                                                   LSD VALUE                  2.2       0.2         0.9
                                                   C.V. (%)                  10.4       1.3         4.7

                           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/  PYTHIUM ROOT ROT RATED IN 2003 ONLY.