Table 3.
Mean (± SEM) number of Oebalus pugnax adults observed on various grass hosts at 1–16 h after release (test 3)
| Time of observation after release (h) |
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| Host | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | Mean |
| Junglerice | 0.9 ± 0.38 | 1.0 ± 0.39 | 1.1 ± 0.30 | 1.5 ± 0.40 | 1.7 ± 0.42 | 1.3 ± 0.29A |
| Southwestern cupgrass | 0.6 ± 0.22 | 0.7 ± 0.26 | 1.2 ± 0.29 | 1.0 ± 0.30 | 1.1 ± 0.28 | 0.9 ± 0.29A |
| Broadleaf signalgrass | 0.3 ± 0.15 | 0.5 ± 0.22 | 0.5 ± 0.27 | 0.9 ± 0.41 | 0.9 ± 0.41 | 0.6 ± 0.29A |
| Yellow foxtail | 0.3 ± 0.21 | 0.5 ± 0.27 | 0.6 ± 0.34 | 0.6 ± 0.31 | 0.8 ± 0.29 | 0.6 ± 0.29A |
| Mean | 0.5 ± 0.16d | 0.7 ± 0.17cd | 0.8 ± 0.17bc | 1.0 ± 0.17ab | 1.2 ± 0.16a | |
Means within a row followed by the same lower case letter or within a column followed by the same uppercase letter are not significantly different (Fisher's LSD: P>0.05).