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Targeting essential gene utilizing RNA interference to protect the ailing shrimp/prawn industry against WSSV
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
The white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) remains to be the most widespread and devastating infectious agent that has hit particularly the marine shrimp aquaculture industry worldwide. To date, there are no known effective ...
Current status of sustainable aquaculture in Cambodia
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
In Cambodia, the extension of technologies in fish aquaculture is a vital activity that contributes to improving the daily livelihood of the rural poor farmer communities. Technology extension was introduced since 1994 ...
Rapid adaptation to a new environment: is it reversible?
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
Accumulating evidence suggests rapid adaptation of fish populations when they are exposed to artificial hatchery environments. However, little is known if rapidly-adapted populations can readapt to their original, natural ...
Vibrio harveyi and the 'green water culture' of Penaeus monodon
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)
The 'green water culture' of the tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon, is an innovative culture technique for the grow-out rearing of shrimps. This culture method involves the use of rearing water of tilapia for the rearing of ...
Culture of Scylla serrata (Forskal) in cement ponds
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
Male and female Scylla serrata juvenile crabs were stocked separately in cement ponds (14 x 8 x 0.8 m; 90 m3) and reared for 90 days. The study was conducted at the Fisheries Research Station, JAU. Okha, Gujarat. The crabs ...
Status of mud crab aquaculture in Bangladesh
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
Bangladesh has about 710 km of coastlines with 618,780 ha of mangrove tidal flats and 80,000 ha of associated areas which are suitable for brackishwater aquaculture. Mud crab culture has been practiced for many years in ...
An overview of PCR techniques for shrimp disease diagnosis in Asia, with emphasis on Thailand
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)
Asia leads the world in cultivated shrimp production with export earnings in the order of billions of US dollars per year. In spite of this success, annual production decreased in the late nineties because of widespread ...
Diagnostic and preventive practices for viral nervous necrosis (VNN)
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)
Viral nervous necrosis (VNN) or viral encephalopathy and retinopathy (VER) caused by piscine nodaviruses (=betanodaviruses) has spread worldwide in the past decade among cultured marine fish. The present paper briefly ...
Molecular genetic approaches to resolve taxonomical ambiguity of mud crab species (Genus Scylla) in Indian waters
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
Mud crab or mangrove crab (Genus Scylla de Haan) is one of the most extensively cultured and economically important brachyuran crabs from the family Portunidae in Indo-Pacific countries, including India. Mud crabs exhibit ...
Development of practical diet for the grow-out culture of Scylla serrata in ponds
(Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (MPEDA), 2015)
A series of feeding experiments were conducted in the laboratory and in ponds of SEAFDEC/AQD using hatchery-produced Scylla serrata juveniles to develop an effective pelleted grow-out diet. The practical feed ingredients ...