TABLE 48D.  RED THREAD RATINGS OF STRONG CREEPING RED FESCUE CULTIVARS
                                                                   AT ORONO (LOW INPUT), ME  1/
                                                                        1999-2002 DATA

                                                             RED THREAD RATINGS 1-9; 9=NO DISEASE  2/ 3/

                                                 NAME                             JULY      OCTOBER      MEAN

                                                 SRX 52961                         6.7        9.0        7.8
                                                 FLORENTINE                        7.3        8.0        7.7
                                                 CINDY LOU (CIS FRR 7)             7.0        8.0        7.5
                                                 NAVIGATOR (CIS FRR 5)             6.7        8.3        7.5
                                                 ABT-CR-3                          6.7        7.7        7.2
                                                 BARGENA III (BAR CF 8 FUS1)       5.7        8.0        6.8
                                                 PST-4FR                           5.0        8.7        6.8
                                                 SALSA                             6.0        7.7        6.8
                                                 SR 5210 (SRX 52LAV)               5.0        8.3        6.7
                                                 ASC 082                           5.0        7.3        6.2
                                                 PATHFINDER                        6.0        6.3        6.2
                                                 SHADEMASTER II                    4.7        7.7        6.2
                                                 BOREAL                            5.3        6.7        6.0
                                                 JASPER II                         4.0        8.0        6.0
                                                 COMMON CREEPING RED               5.3        6.3        5.8
                                                 INVERNESS (PST-47TCR)             4.3        7.3        5.8
                                                 ROSE (ASC 087)                    4.0        7.7        5.8
                                                 ABT-CR-2                          5.0        6.3        5.7
                                                 ABERDEEN (PST-EFL)                4.0        6.7        5.3
                                                 ASC 172                           4.0        6.7        5.3
                                                 SHADEMARK                         3.3        7.0        5.2
                                                 DGSC 94                           3.7        6.0        4.8

                                                 LSD VALUE                         7.3        5.1        4.4
                                                 C.V. (%)                         42.8       21.2       23.1

                           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.

                           3/  RED THREAD RATED IN 2001 ONLY.