TABLE 36E.    RED THREAD RATINGS OF HARD FESCUE CULTIVARS
                                                                      AT BLACKSBURG, VA  1/
                                                                           2000 DATA
                                                             RED THREAD RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO DISEASE  2/

                                                     NAME                        MAY      AUGUST     MEAN

                                                     HARDTOP (BAR HF 8 FUS)      7.3        9.0       8.2
                                                     RESCUE 911                  8.0        8.3       8.2
                                                     OXFORD                      7.7        8.3       8.0
                                                     PICK FF A-97                7.3        8.7       8.0
                                                     RELIANT II                  7.7        8.3       8.0
                                                     NORDIC (E)                  7.7        8.0       7.8
                                                     STONEHENGE (AHF 009)        7.7        8.0       7.8
                                                     ABT-HF-2                    7.3        8.0       7.7
                                                     EUREKA II (ISI FL 11)       7.3        8.0       7.7
                                                     OSPREY                      7.3        8.0       7.7
                                                     4001                        7.0        7.7       7.3
                                                     DISCOVERY                   7.7        7.0       7.3
                                                     ABT-HF-3                    7.7        6.7       7.2
                                                     ABT-HF-4                    7.0        7.3       7.2
                                                     CHARIOT (ISI FL 12)         7.0        7.3       7.2
                                                     SCALDIS                     7.7        6.7       7.2
                                                     BIGHORN                     6.7        7.3       7.0
                                                     DEFIANT                     7.0        7.0       7.0
                                                     SRX 3961                    7.0        6.7       6.8
                                                     ATTILA E                    6.7        6.7       6.7
                                                     SCALDIS II (AHF 008)        7.3        6.0       6.7
                                                     HERON                       6.7        6.3       6.5
                                                     MINOTAUR                    7.0        6.0       6.5

                                                     LSD VALUE                   1.3        4.5       2.4
                                                     C.V. (%)                    7.4       19.9      11.6

                           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.