TABLE 3A. RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT NINETEEN LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 1994 DATA QUALITY RANKINGS; 1=HIGHEST MEAN: STATE LOCATIONS REPORTING 2/ NAME AR1 AZl CAl CA3 ILl IL2 KS1 KS2 KS3 M01 M02 MS1 NE1 OK1 TXl TX4 UB1 VA6 WA4 MEAN NE 85-378 2.0 3.0 17.0 5.5 6.5 13.0 3.0 9.0 7.5 2.0 6 6.0 4.5 1.0 18.5 2.0 2.5 2.0 6.5 1 609 (NE 84-609) 3.5 1.0 1.0 5.5 2.0 17.5 8.0 1.0 1.0 14.0 2 4.0 16.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 12.5 16.0 16.0 2 NTG-4 7.0 13.0 13.5 11.5 5.0 7.0 5.0 4.5 14.5 12.0 12 2.0 7.0 13.0 20.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 2.0 3 NTG-5 5.5 6.0 18.0 21.0 6.5 8.0 9.0 10.5 14.5 3.5 13 16.5 3.0 13.0 10.0 7.5 6.0 5.0 1.0 4 315 (NE 84-315) 3.5 16.0 9.0 9.0 3.0 10.0 13.5 16.5 18.5 1.0 6 18.5 1.0 2.0 21.0 17.0 1.0 4.0 9.0 5 NTG-2 1.0 10.0 16.0 19.0 9.0 4.0 16.0 12.5 14.5 6.0 17 20.0 4.5 9.5 15.5 13.0 10.0 3.0 3.0 6 NE 84-436 13.0 4.5 21.0 10.0 4.0 2.5 1.0 15.0 5.5 5.0 14 8.0 7.0 5.0 8.0 10.0 2.5 9.0 17.0 7 NTG-3 21.0 2.0 19.5 11.5 1.0 2.5 7.0 12.5 10.0 3.5 6 8.0 7.0 13.0 12.5 19.5 6.0 1.0 12.0 8 AZ 143 11.0 19.0 19.5 14.0 13.0 1.0 6.0 20.5 17.0 8.5 11 5.0 2.0 5.0 15.5 7.5 4.0 11.0 14.0 9 TATANKA (NTG-1) 15.0 8.5 15.0 13.0 11.0 9.0 12.0 7.5 5.5 8.5 19 16.5 9.5 17.5 14.0 11.0 8.0 6.0 6.5 10 TEXOKA 8.0 20.0 11.5 20.0 15.0 11.5 4.0 7.5 3.0 10.0 20 10.5 14.0 17.5 17.0 3.0 11.0 12.0 12.0 11 BISON 16.0 7.0 7.5 17.0 16.0 17.5 10.5 2.0 4.0 11.0 21 21.0 13.0 21.5 10.0 18.0 14.0 8.0 4.0 12 SHARPS IMPROVED 18.0 8.5 13.5 15.5 12.0 11.5 10.5 4.5 7.5 7.0 22 14.0 11.5 19.5 7.0 19.5 9.0 10.0 12.0 13 TOP GUN (BAM 101) 17.0 12.0 11.5 15.5 14.0 16.0 17.5 6.0 9.0 13.0 16 10.5 11.5 16.0 18.5 15.5 12.5 14.5 5.0 14 PLAINS (BAM 202) 10.0 11.0 7.5 22.0 9.0 21.0 19.5 3.0 2.0 15.5 18 18.5 15.0 19.5 12.5 6.0 18.0 13.0 8.0 15 PRAIRIE 22.0 4.5 3.5 3.5 9.0 5.5 17.5 14.0 14.5 15.5 3 22.0 17.0 8.0 4.0 4.0 15.0 19.0 15.0 16 BUFFALAWN 5.5 14.0 3.5 1.0 18.0 5.5 2.0 10.5 12.0 21.0 8 1.0 21.0 5.0 2.0 13.0 16.5 17.5 22.0 17 NE 84-45-3 19.0 21.0 22.0 18.0 17.0 14.5 21.0 19.0 20.0 17.0 15 12.0 9.5 21.5 22.0 22.0 16.5 14.5 10.0 18 HIGHLIGHT 25 9.0 15.0 5.0 3.5 20.0 14.5 13.5 22.0 22.0 18.0 4 3.0 21.0 9.5 3.0 15.5 20.0 21.5 18.0 19 HIGHLIGHT 4 12.0 17.0 6.0 8.0 19.0 19.5 22.0 18.0 21.0 22.0 1 13.0 19.0 7.0 5.0 13.0 19.0 17.5 21.0 20 HIGHLIGHT 15 20.0 18.0 2.0 2.0 22.0 19.5 15.0 20.5 18.5 19.0 9 15.0 18.0 13.0 10.0 9.0 22.0 20.0 19.5 21 RUTGERS 14.0 22.0 10.0 7.0 21.0 22.0 19.5 16.5 11.0 20.0 10 8.0 21.0 13.0 6.0 21.0 21.0 21.5 19.5 22 1/ THIS TABLE CONTAINS NO STATISTICAL VALUES (LSD VALUES) THEREFORE IT SHOULD ONLY BE USED TO DETERMINE THE GENERAL PERFORMANCE OF AN ENTRY OR ENTRIES ACROSS SEVERAL LOCATIONS OR REGIONS. TO ASSESS STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG ENTRIES, REFER TO THE MEANS AND LSD VALUES FOUND IN TABLE 1. 2/ RANKING OF MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY IS ACHIEVED BY ASSIGNING "1" TO THE HIGHEST MEAN, "2" TO THE SECOND HIGHEST MEAN, ETC. FOR EACH LOCATION. FOR EXAMPLE, IF TWO MEANS ARE TIED FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD RANKS, BOTH ARE ASSIGNED "2.5".