TABLE 17B.             DROUGHT TOLERANCE (RECOVERY) RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS (SEEDED) CULTIVARS
                                                                         1993 DATA
                                                                             
                                                        RECOVERY RATINGS 1-9; 9=COMPLETE RECOVERY  1/

                                                             NAME                 WA4    MEAN

                                                             BISON                9.0     9.0
                                                             RUTGERS              9.0     9.0
                                                             NTDG-1               8.7     8.7
                                                             NTDG-4               8.7     8.7
                                                             NTDG-5               8.7     8.7
                                                             PLAINS (BAM 202)     8.7     8.7
                                                             SHARPS IMPROVED      8.7     8.7
                                                             NTDG-2               8.3     8.3
                                                             NTDG-3               8.3     8.3
                                                             TEXOKA               8.3     8.3
                                                             TOP GUN (BAM 101)    8.0     8.0

                                                             LSD VALUE            1.2     1.2

                           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).