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Rice-fish culture demonstration in Surin Province, Thailand
Type: Journal Article
A brief account is given of project activities conducted regarding promotion of rice-cum-fish culture in Surin Province,Thailand as a means of increasing protein consumption and also income for rural people. The effect of ...
Genetic improvement of farmed tilapias: biochemical characterization of strain differences in Nile tilapia
Type: Journal Article
Four African wild strains (Egypt, Ghana, Senegal and Kenya) and four established Asian farmed strains of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (popularly known in the Philippines as 'Taiwan', 'Thailand', 'Singapore' an ...
Population control in farmed tilapias
Type: Journal Article
Under the majority of culture practices, the reduction or elimination of reproduction in culture ponds results in significantly improved yields of marketable fish. An examination is made of existing methods for the control ...
Responses to bi-directional selection for frequency of early maturing females in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
Type: Journal Article
The present study was carried out to investigate a simple method for recording the occurrence of early maturing females in Nile tilapia at a fixed time after stocking and to estimate the response to bi-directional selection ...
Breeding plan for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Vietnam: combined multi-trait selection
Type: Report
Total freshwater aquaculture production in Vietnam in 1995 was about 300 000 tons and total brackish water aquaculture production was about 115 000 tons. Total tilapia production was about 15 000 tons, mainly produced in ...
Preference of different terrestrial plants as food for Tilapia rendallli and Oreochromis shiranus
Type: Journal Article
Fish have distinct preferences for plants and there is need to identify those that will lead to good growth and production, especially in Africa where there is abundant natural and agricultural waste vegetation. Some plants ...
Techniques to produce 100% male tilapia
Type: Journal Article
A discussion is presented on endocrine sex reversal and chromosome manipulation techniques for producing 1005 male tilapia. Details are given of methods for the administration of steroids and the induction of ploidy.
The Third International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture
Type: Conference Proceedings
Tilapias, because of the low cost and relative ease of their production, are a potential food fish staple for many people in tropical countries and a globally traded commodity. This volume of symposium proceedings shows a ...
Polyculture of tropical bivalve mulluscs with tilapia: a potentially profitable solution to predator control and fouling problems
Type: Journal Article
This article gives an account of the beneficial effect of rearing sea water acclimated tilapia with oyster culture.
Dissemination and evaluation of genetic improved tilapia species in Asia (DEGITA): final report (January 1998)
Type: Report
The major objectives of the DEGITA ( Project (Dissemination and Evaluation of Genetically Improved Tilapia Species in Asia) were: 1) to carry out genetic, socio economic and environmental evaluation of the improved tilapia ...