Table 5. Parameters of Type II functional response of Cyrtorhinus lividipennis to Nilapavarta lugens nymph fed on Bt or non-Bt rice.
Rice materials | a | Th | R2 (%) |
T2A-1 | 0.251±0.028 | 0.036±0.008 | 95.83 |
Minghui 63 | 0.231±0.025 | 0.037±0.007 | 95.20 |
a: instantaneous search rate (day−1). Th: time required to handle a prey (day). Data are represented as mean ± SE.
There was no significant difference between T2A-1 and Minghui 63, based on Student's t-test (P<0.05).