TABLE 8A.               SUMMER DENSITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS
                                                                         1993 DATA
                                                                             
                                                          DENSITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=MAXIMUM DENSITY  1/

                                               NAME                 CA1    IL2    MO2    OK1    TX1    MEAN

                                               609 (NE 84-609)      6.0    8.0    8.0    7.7    7.3     7.4
                                               HIGHLIGHT 25         7.0    7.7    8.0    8.0    6.0     7.3
                                               HIGHLIGHT 4          6.0    8.0    8.0    8.0    6.3     7.3
                                               NTDG-1               7.0    6.7    7.3    8.0    7.0     7.2
                                               BUFFALAWN            7.0    8.7    6.3    8.0    5.7     7.1
                                               NE 85-378            6.3    6.3    8.0    8.0    7.0     7.1
                                               PRAIRIE              7.3    5.7    8.7    8.0    6.0     7.1
                                               RUTGERS              6.3    7.3    7.7    8.0    6.3     7.1
                                               315 (NE 84-315)      6.0    7.0    8.7    8.0    5.3     7.0
                                               HIGHLIGHT 15         7.0    7.7    6.7    8.0    5.7     7.0
                                               NE 84-436            6.3    5.3    7.7    8.0    6.7     6.8
                                               NTDG-2               6.7    6.3    6.7    8.0    6.0     6.7
                                               NTDG-3               6.7    5.7    7.0    8.0    6.3     6.7
                                               AZ 143               6.0    5.3    7.3    8.0    7.0     6.7
                                               NE 84-45-3           6.7    6.0    7.0    8.0    5.7     6.7
                                               NTDG-5               6.0    5.3    7.7    8.0    6.3     6.7
                                               NTDG-4               6.3    4.7    7.0    8.0    7.0     6.6
                                               TOP GUN (BAM 101)    6.3    5.7    6.0    8.0    6.7     6.5
                                               TEXOKA               5.3    7.3    2.3    8.0    7.0     6.0
                                               SHARPS IMPROVED      6.7    3.7    5.3    7.7    6.0     5.9
                                               PLAINS (BAM 202)     5.7    4.3    6.0    7.0    6.0     5.8
                                               BISON                6.3    2.0    3.0    7.3    5.3     4.8

                                               LSD VALUE            1.8    2.1    2.2    0.3    1.6     0.8

                           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).