TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT NINETEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1994 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 1/ NAME AR1 AZI CAl CA3 ILl IL2 KS1 KS2 KS3 M01 M02 MS1 NE1 OK1 TXl TX4 U81 VA6 WA4 MEAN * NE 85-378 6.0 6.5 4.5 5.0 3.9 5.8 6.6 6.9 7.3 7.1 7.0 3.7 6.0 7.4 6.2 4.1 6.5 4.2 4.7 5.8 * 609 (NE 84-609) 5.8 6.8 5.6 5.0 4.4 5.2 6.1 8.1 8.4 5.5 7.7 4.2 4.3 7.2 6.9 4.8 5.7 1.8 3.4 5.6 NTG-4 5.2 6.2 4.8 4.6 4.0 6.8 6.3 7.3 7.0 5.8 6.6 4.7 5.8 6.1 6.2 3.5 6.0 3.3 5.8 5.6 NTG-5 5.3 6.4 4.5 4.3 3.9 6.6 6.0 6.8 7.0 7.1 6.3 3.3 6.2 6.1 6.4 3.3 6.0 3.6 5.9 5.5 * 315 (NE 84-315) 5.8 6.1 4.9 4.8 4.2 6.2 5.6 6.6 6.4 7.2 7.0 2.9 6.4 7.3 6.0 2.3 6.8 3.9 4.1 5.5 NTG-2 6.1 6.3 4.7 4.3 3.8 7.2 5.4 6.8 7.0 6.8 6.0 2.8 6.0 6.4 6.3 2.8 5.8 4.1 5.6 5.5 NE 84-436 4.7 6.4 3.7 4.7 4.1 7.3 6.7 6.6 7.4 6.9 6.2 3.7 5.8 7.1 6.5 3.0 6.5 2.6 3.3 5.4 NTG-3 3.2 6.7 4.4 4.6 4.4 7.3 6.2 6.8 7.2 7.1 7.0 3.7 5.8 6.1 6.4 2.2 6.0 4.6 3.6 5.4 AZ 143 4.8 6.0 4.4 4.5 3.5 7.5 6.2 6.0 6.8 6.3 6.6 3.8 6.3 7.1 6.3 3.3 6.4 2.3 3.6 5.4 * TATANKA (NTG-1) 4.4 6.3 4.7 4.6 3.8 6.3 5.7 7.0 7.4 6.3 5.8 3.3 5.5 5.9 6.3 2.8 5.9 3.5 4.7 5.3 * TEXOKA 5.1 6.0 4.9 4.3 3.3 6.1 6.4 7.0 7.7 6.3 5.5 3.6 5.0 5.9 6.3 3.7 5.8 2.3 3.6 5.2 * BISON 4.2 6.4 5.1 4.4 3.2 5.2 5.9 7.6 7.6 6.0 5.5 2.8 5.2 5.8 6.4 2.3 5.5 3.1 5.1 5.1 * SHARPS IMPROVED 3.8 6.3 4.8 4.5 3.7 6.1 5.9 7.3 7.3 6.6 5.2 3.4 5.3 5.8 6.5 2.2 5.9 2.4 3.6 5.1 * TOP GUN (BAM 101) 4.1 6.2 4.9 4.5 3.3 5.3 5.3 7.1 7.2 5.7 6.1 3.6 5.3 6.0 6.2 2.4 5.7 2.1 4.9 5.0 * PLAINS (BAM 202) 4.9 6.3 5.1 4.2 3.8 4.9 4.9 7.4 7.8 5.3 5.9 2.9 4.7 5.8 6.4 3.4 5.1 2.2 4.5 5.0 * PRAIRIE 2.6 6.4 5.5 5.1 3.8 6.9 5.3 6.7 7.0 5.3 7.6 2.7 3.0 6.8 6.7 3.6 5.4 1.5 3.5 5.0 * BUFFALAWN 5.3 6.2 5.5 5.2 2.1 6.9 6.7 6.8 7.1 3.7 6.8 4.8 1.0 7.1 6.9 2.8 5.3 1.6 1.4 4.9 NE 84-45-3 3.7 5.8 3.6 4.4 2.7 5.7 4.4 6.1 6.3 5.1 6.1 3.5 5.5 5.8 5.5 1.6 5.3 2.1 3.7 4.6 HIGHLIGHT 25 5.0 6.1 5.3 5.1 1.9 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.2 4.7 7.3 4.3 1.0 6.4 6.8 2.4 4.5 1.3 2.4 4.5 HIGHLIGHT 4 4.7 6.1 5.2 5.0 2.0 5.1 3.9 6.2 6.1 3.7 8.0 3.4 1.1 6.8 6.6 2.8 4.8 1.6 1.9 4.5 HIGHLIGHT 15 3.6 6.1 5.5 5.1 1.7 5.1 5.4 6.0 6.4 4.2 6.7 3.3 1.3 6.1 6.4 3.1 3.7 1.4 2.3 4.4 RUTGERS 4.6 5.7 4.9 5.0 1.7 3.3 4.9 6.6 7.1 3.9 6.7 3.7 1.0 6.1 6.5 2.0 4.1 1.3 2.3 4.3 LSD VALUE 1.7 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.0 1.4 1.2 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.9 1.8 0.2 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 1995. 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).