TABLE 4B.   MEAN TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS OF BUFFALOGRASS (SEEDED) CULTIVARS
                                                                   FOR EACH YEAR IN THE U.S.  1/
                                                                         1996-2000 DATA

                                                          TURFGRASS QUALITY RATINGS 1-9; 9=IDEAL TURF  2/

                                                          NAME      1996-97  1998   1999   2000   MEAN

                                                          CODY         5.3    5.6    5.5    5.0    5.4
                                                          TATANKA      5.3    5.5    5.4    4.9    5.3
                                                          BAM-1000     5.3    5.4    5.1    4.9    5.2
                                                          TEXOKA       5.2    5.3    5.1    4.8    5.1
                                                          BISON        4.8    5.1    5.0    4.6    4.8

                                                          LSD VALUE    0.3    0.2    0.2    0.3    0.2
                                                          C.V. (%)    14.2    7.9    7.9   11.6   18.4

                           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.