Plant Feeding in an Omnivorous Mirid, Dicyphus hesperus: Why Plant Context Matters

Table 4

Mean ± SE (𝑁) accumulated numbers of D. hesperus on Patio tomato plants and number of blemishes on fruit in the presence of different alternative plant species. Means in columns followed by the same letter are not significantly different (Tukey HSD, 𝛼=0.05).

Alternative plant	Accumulated Dicyphus	Number of blemishes on Patio tomato
None	50.3 ± 3.25 a	67.9 ± 5.88 a
	(7)	(7)
Chrysanthemum	35.4 ± 3.61 b	51.2 ± 16.92 a
	(8)	(8)
Tomato (cultivar Rhapsodie)	27.4 ± 2.8 b	43.3 ± 15.70 a
	(7)	(7)
Mullein	12.7 ± 2.7 c	6.2 ± 2.16 b
	(8)	(8)