TABLE 1A. MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS CULTIVARS GROWN AT TWELVE LOCATIONS IN THE U.S. 1/ 1996-2000 DATA TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF 2/ NAME AZ1 CA3 FL3 GA1 MD1 MO1 NE1 SC2 TX1 TX3 VA1 WA4 MEAN 91-118 5.9 5.0 6.4 5.0 5.0 6.5 7.2 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.4 4.1 5.6 * CODY 5.5 4.2 6.3 4.8 4.4 5.5 6.7 5.8 4.4 6.3 5.6 4.8 5.4 * TATANKA 5.6 4.3 5.8 4.8 4.5 5.7 6.2 5.7 4.2 6.1 5.3 4.8 5.3 BAM-1000 5.8 4.1 5.5 4.7 4.2 5.8 5.2 6.1 4.6 6.4 5.4 4.6 5.2 * LEGACY (86-61) 5.6 3.8 5.2 4.4 4.6 5.8 6.7 6.1 4.4 5.6 5.5 4.5 5.2 * BONNIE BRAE 5.8 4.5 5.2 4.3 4.6 5.4 5.5 6.8 5.4 5.4 4.8 4.1 5.2 * TEXOKA 5.7 4.0 5.3 4.8 3.9 5.8 6.0 6.0 4.4 6.6 4.8 4.2 5.1 86-120 5.8 4.0 5.6 4.4 4.5 5.7 5.5 6.2 4.5 5.7 4.9 4.3 5.1 * 609 5.7 4.6 5.6 4.9 4.2 5.7 4.2 6.0 5.5 6.2 3.7 3.8 5.0 * 378 5.6 4.1 4.6 4.4 4.1 6.2 6.2 5.3 4.6 5.9 4.7 4.0 5.0 UCR-95 5.7 5.5 4.4 4.8 4.3 5.3 4.5 6.7 5.2 5.4 3.9 3.6 4.9 * BISON 6.0 3.9 4.6 4.5 3.4 5.6 5.7 5.4 4.1 6.5 4.3 4.1 4.8 * MIDGET 5.0 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.0 5.9 5.2 6.2 4.2 5.9 4.7 4.1 4.8 * STAMPEDE 5.8 4.5 6.0 4.9 4.6 6.1 3.8 3.2 5.7 5.7 3.0 4.1 4.8 LSD VALUE 0.5 0.3 1.1 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.6 1.0 1.3 0.7 0.2 C.V. (%) 11.3 8.4 29.3 14.6 21.5 19.8 20.0 19.6 16.1 24.5 29.5 21.7 21.1 * COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN THE USA IN 2001. 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.