TABLE 49D.    RED THREAD RATINGS OF STRONG CREEPING RED FESCUE CULTIVARS
                                                                    AT BLACKSBURG, VA  1/
                                                                      1999-2002 DATA

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

                                  NAME                            MAY 00     AUGUST 00    MAY 01      JUNE 01      MEAN

                                  CINDY LOU (CIS FRR 7)             6.0         8.7         6.0         6.7         6.8
                                  ABT-CR-3                          6.0         9.0         6.0         5.3         6.6
                                  ABERDEEN (PST-EFL)                5.7         8.3         6.3         5.7         6.5
                                  NAVIGATOR (CIS FRR 5)             5.7         8.7         5.7         5.7         6.4
                                  SRX 52961                         5.3         8.3         5.7         5.7         6.3
                                  JASPER II                         5.0         8.7         5.3         5.7         6.2
                                  ABT-CR-2                          4.3         8.0         6.0         5.0         5.8
                                  PATHFINDER                        5.0         8.0         5.0         4.7         5.7
                                  ASC 172                           4.3         7.7         5.3         5.0         5.6
                                  DGSC 94                           4.0         8.7         5.0         4.7         5.6
                                  SALSA                             4.0         6.0         6.0         6.3         5.6
                                  SR 5210 (SRX 52LAV)               5.3         8.0         4.7         4.3         5.6
                                  ASC 082                           3.7         7.7         5.3         5.3         5.5
                                  INVERNESS (PST-47TCR)             3.7         8.3         5.0         5.0         5.5
                                  SHADEMASTER II                    4.7         8.3         4.7         4.0         5.4
                                  ROSE (ASC 087)                    3.7         5.7         5.7         5.7         5.2
                                  FLORENTINE                        3.7         8.0         4.0         3.3         4.8
                                  BARGENA III (BAR CF 8 FUS1)       2.3         8.0         4.3         4.0         4.7
                                  SHADEMARK                         2.3         6.3         5.0         5.0         4.7
                                  PST-4FR                           2.7         7.3         4.0         4.3         4.6
                                  BOREAL                            5.0         4.3         4.3         4.3         4.5
                                  COMMON CREEPING RED               3.3         4.7         4.3         4.0         4.1

                                  LSD VALUE                         2.2         1.6         3.7         2.0         1.3
                                  C.V. (%)                         26.8        12.9        23.5        19.2        18.9

                           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.