Table 1 Morphological characteristics of C. chinense in the presence and absence of earthworms.

P. excavatus

163.66 ± 43.88^a

69.16 ± 20.73^a

41 ± 4.97^a

89.32 ± 24.27^a

40.5 ± 8.21^a

41.8 ± 12.75^a

E. fetida

91.25 ± 13.43^ab

28.87 ± 0.82^c

36.87 ± 3.66^a

46.42 ± 21.27^b

25.12 ± 2.01^b

31.39 ± 12.7^a

Control

46.5 ± 19.94^b

35.85 ± ^bc

39.87 ± 7.02^a

63.00 ± 26.78^a

30.00 ± 8.04^ab

29.2 ± 8.87^a

H

8.95

7.89

0.26

2.68

8.12

2.55

p-value

0.007**

0.006*

0.87

0.12

0.01*

0.11