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Proceedings of a Workshop on the Development of a Genetic Improvement Program for African Catfish Clarias gariepinus
Type: Conference Proceedings
This proceedings include papers present at the workshop held from 5 to 9th Nov 2007 in Accra, Ghana. The areas cover 1)the present state of the catfish industry in Africa 2)Catfish reproductive management and grow out ...
Performance and survival of three red tilapia strains (Oreochromis spp) in pond environment in Kedah state, Malaysia
Type: Conference Paper
Growth performance (body weight, standard length, body width and depth) and survival of three red tilapia (<i>Oreochromis</i> spp) strains from Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand were evaluated using 2,867 records collected ...
Genetic improvement of carp reduces poverty, hunger in Asia
Type: Journal Article
Breeding programs for carp species carried out in a number of Asian countries have delivered genetically fast growing strains to farmers and producers. The economic benefits resulting from the programs are substantial. The ...
Accounting for genotype by environment interaction in economic appraisal of genetic improvement programs in common carp Cyprinus carpio
Type: Journal Article
In this study we examine effects of genotype by environment (G×E) interaction due to re-ranking and scaling effects on economic benefit (EB) and benefit to cost ratio (BCR) from a genetic improvement program in common carp ...
Genetic improvement of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus): present and future
Type: Conference Paper
We mainly (but not exclusively) draw upon research and development work carried out by The WorldFish Center (WorldFish). We review the current state of development of selection programs that have had a main focus on growth ...