TY - JOUR
T1 - Production of Macrobrachium rosenbergii in monosex populations
T2 - Yield characteristics under intensive monoculture conditions in cages
AU - Sagi, Amir
AU - Ra'anan, Ziva
AU - Cohen, Dan
AU - Wax, Yohanan
N1 - Funding Information:
We wish to thank Mr. Israel Einot for his advice and help in data processing and computer procedures, and Ms. Ellen Rosenberg for her critical review of the manuscript. We also wish to thank Aquaculture Production Technology (Israel) Ltd. for providing the basic facilities and personnel. This study was supported by the National Council for Research and Development, Ministry of Science and Development, Jerusalem, Israel, grant No. 2467.
PY - 1986/1/15
Y1 - 1986/1/15
N2 - The production of Macrobrachium rosenbergii monosex populations was examined under intensive growth conditions in cages. It was found that an all-male population yielded 473 g/m2 within 150 days, whereas an all-female population and a mixed population produced 248 g/m2 and 260 g/m2, respectively, during the same growout period. Since the performance of the mixed population in cages is comparable to that of a normal typical juvenile population in commercial earthen ponds, with an average production of 2500-3000 kg/ha, it appears possible to obtain a yield of 4700 kg/ha within 150 days from all-male populations grown under intensive monoculture conditions. A comparison of growth performance of each of the sexes when raised alone and when raised in mixed populations showed that whereas females are strongly affected by the presence of males, resulting in growth inhibition, males are hardly influenced by the presence of females. The findings of this study call for intensive efforts in research directed towards the controlled establishment of prawn monosex populations.
AB - The production of Macrobrachium rosenbergii monosex populations was examined under intensive growth conditions in cages. It was found that an all-male population yielded 473 g/m2 within 150 days, whereas an all-female population and a mixed population produced 248 g/m2 and 260 g/m2, respectively, during the same growout period. Since the performance of the mixed population in cages is comparable to that of a normal typical juvenile population in commercial earthen ponds, with an average production of 2500-3000 kg/ha, it appears possible to obtain a yield of 4700 kg/ha within 150 days from all-male populations grown under intensive monoculture conditions. A comparison of growth performance of each of the sexes when raised alone and when raised in mixed populations showed that whereas females are strongly affected by the presence of males, resulting in growth inhibition, males are hardly influenced by the presence of females. The findings of this study call for intensive efforts in research directed towards the controlled establishment of prawn monosex populations.
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U2 - 10.1016/0044-8486(86)90318-2
DO - 10.1016/0044-8486(86)90318-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38249042870
SN - 0044-8486
VL - 51
SP - 265
EP - 275
JO - Aquaculture
JF - Aquaculture
IS - 3-4
ER -