Economic analysis of monosex culture of giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii De Man): a case study

Economic analysis of monosex culture of giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii De Man): a case study

All-male monosex culture of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man) has emerged as a popular practice in India, especially in the state of Andhra Pradesh. A study was conducted to compare the economics of all-male, mixed and all-female culture in 15 adjacent, rectangular ponds of 4000 m² each by stocking...

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Veröffentlicht in:Aquaculture research 2006-06, Vol.37 (9), p.949-954
Hauptverfasser: Mohanakumaran Nair, C, Salin, K.R, Raju, M.S, Sebastian, Mathew
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
all-male culture
case studies
economic feasibility
economics
farming
feed conversion
females
Freshwater
freshwater prawn
India
juveniles
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
males
mortality
ponds
production costs
rearing
shrimp
shrimp culture
statistical analysis
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Zusammenfassung:All-male monosex culture of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man) has emerged as a popular practice in India, especially in the state of Andhra Pradesh. A study was conducted to compare the economics of all-male, mixed and all-female culture in 15 adjacent, rectangular ponds of 4000 m² each by stocking juveniles previously reared in a nursery for 60 days. The experiment was conducted using a completely randomized design with three treatments; T₁ (all male), T₂ (mixed) and T₃ (all female), and five replicates for a period of 5 months after the nursery phase. Statistical analysis showed highly significant (P
ISSN:1355-557X
1365-2109
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2109.2006.01521.x