Table 4.
Mean (± SEM) number of Oebalus pugnax adults observed on various grass hosts at 1–16 h after release (test 4)
| Time of observation after release (h) |
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| Host | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | Mean |
| Junglerice | 0.9 ± 0.18 | 1.3 ± 0.26 | 1.6 ± 0.34 | 1.7 ± 0.21 | 1.6 ± 0.16 | 1.4 ± 0.15A |
| Dallisgrass | 0.7 ± 0.21 | 1.0 ± 0.26 | 1.1 ± 0.23 | 1.2 ± 0.29 | 1.1 ± 0.23 | 1.0 ± 0.15AB |
| Crabgrass | 0.7 ± 0.21 | 0.4 ± 0.16 | 0.8 ± 0.29 | 1.0 ± 0.30 | 1.0 ± 0.26 | 0.8 ± 0.15BC |
| Browntop millet | 0.5 ± 0.22 | 0.3 ± 0.21 | 0.5 ± 0.17 | 0.4 ± 0.16 | 0.8 ± 0.29 | 0.5 ± 0.15C |
| Mean | 0.7 ± 0.12a | 0.8 ± 0.12a | 1.0 ± 0.12a | 1.1 ± 0.12a | 1.1 ± 0.12a | |
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).