The Role of Earthworms in Tropics with Emphasis on Indian Ecosystems

Table 4

Artificial diet (1 : 8 by weight) of agar and different leaf litter powder on feeding of earthworm Lampito mauritii in relation to C/N of diets [5].

Litter powder in agar	Daily food intake mg/day/adult	C/N of the feed
Paddy straw	8.05 ± 0.28	37
Millet straw	7.07 ± 1.23	45
Mango litter	8.67 ± 1.27	19
Guava litter	3.25 ± 0.79	45
Cashew litter	4.44 ± 1.10	30
Eucalyptus litter	1.62 ± 0.59	42
Agar only (control)	2.53 ± 1.23	38

Number of observations = 3; Palatability depends on texture as well as chemical nature of the feed.