Genetic improvement of farmed tilapias: Growth performance in a complete diallel cross experiment with eight strains of Oreochromis niloticus

Aquaculture

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 145-173

  Bentsen, Hans B ^a   Eknath, Ambekar E ^b   Palada de Vera, Marietta S ^b   Danting, Jodecel C ^c   Bolivar, Hernando L ^d   Reyes, Ruben A ^c   Dionisio, Edna E ^c   Longalong, Felicisima M ^c   Circa, Antonio V ^d   Tayamen, Melchor M ^c   Gjerde, Bjarne ^a  

^a Institute of Aquaculture Research   (Norway)

^b World Fish Center Makati City   (Philippines)

^c Natl Freshw Fish Technol Res C   (Philippines)

^d CENTRAL LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Cross breeding; Genotype by environment interaction; Heterosis; Nile tilapia; Oreochromis niloticus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; CROSSING; GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; GROWTH; HETEROSIS; LIVEWEIGHT GAIN; PHILIPPINES; STRAIN IMPROVEMENT;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 0032518871     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(97)00230-5     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Ayles, G., Baker, R., 1983. Genetic differences in growth and survival between strains and hybrids of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) stocked in aquaculture lakes in the Canadian prairies. Aquaculture 33, 269-280.
2. Bakos, J., 1979. Crossbreeding Hungarian races of common carp, to develop more productive hybrids. Advances in Aquaculture. Fisheries News Books, Farnham, Surrey, UK, pp. 635-642.
3. Bentsen, H.B., 1990. Application of breeding and selection theory on farmed fish. Proc. 4th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Vol. 16, Edinburgh, Scotland, pp. 149-158.
4. Bentsen, H.B., Gjerde, B., 1994. Design of fish breeding programs. Proc. 5th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Vol. 19, Guelph, Canada, pp. 353-359.
5. Bondari, K., 1983. Response to bidirectional selection for body weight in channel catfish. Aquaculture 33, 73-81.
6. Dunham, R.A., 1987. American catfish breeding programs. In: Tiews, K. (Ed.), Selection, hybridization and genetic engineering in aquaculture. Schriften der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Fischerei, Vol. II, Hamburg, pp. 407-416.
7. Eknath, A.E., Doyle, R.W., 1990. Effective population size and rate of inbreeding in aquaculture of Indian major carps. Aquaculture 85, 293-305.
8. Eknath, A.E., Macaranas, J.M., Agustin, L.Q., Velasco, R.R., Ablan, M.C.A., Pante, M.J.R., Pullin, R.S.V., 1991a. Biochemical and morphometric approaches to characterize farmed tilapias. NAGA, ICLARM Q. 14 (2), 7-9.
9. Eknath, A.E., Bentsen, H.B., Gjerde, B., Tayamen, M.M., Abella, T.A., Gjedrem, T., Pullin, R.S.V., 1991b. Approaches to national fish breeding programs: pointers from a tilapia pilot study. NAGA, ICLARM Q. 14 (2), 10-12.
10. Eknath, A.E., Tayamen, M.M., Palada-de Vera, M.S., Danting, J.C., Reyes, R.A., Dionisio, E.E., Capili, J.B., Bolivar, H.L., Abella, T.A., Circa, A.V., Bentsen, H.B., Gjerde, B., Gjedrem, T., Pullin, R.S.V., 1993. Genetic improvement of farmed tilapias: the growth performance of eight strains of Oreochromis niloticus tested in different farm environments. Aquaculture 111, 171-188.
11. Fimland, E., 1983. Methods of estimating the effects of heterosis. Z. Tierzüchtg. Züchtgsbiol. 100, 3-8.
12. Gjedrem, T., 1985. Improvement of productivity through breeding schemes. GeoJournal 10 (3), 233-241.
13. Gjerde, B., 1986. Growth and reproduction in fish and shellfish. Aquaculture 57, 37-55.
14. Gjerde, B., 1988. Complete diallel cross between six inbred groups of rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri. Aquaculture 75, 71-87.
15. Gjerde, B., Refstie, T., 1984. Complete diallel cross between five strains of Atlantic salmon. Livestock Prod. Sci. 11, 207-226.
16. Gunnes, K., Gjedrem, T., 1978. Selection experiments with salmon: IV. Growth of Atlantic salmon during two years in the sea. Aquaculture 15, 19-33.
17. Gunnes, K., Gjedrem, T., 1981. A genetic analysis of body weight and length in rainbow trout reared in seawater for 18 months. Aquaculture 24, 161-174.
18. Hershberger, W.K., Myers, J.M., Iwamoto, R.N., McAuley, W.C., Saxton, A.M., 1990. Genetic changes in the growth of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in marine net-pens, produced by ten years of selection. Aquaculture 85, 187-197.
19. Hill, W.G., 1982. Dominance and epistasis as components of heterosis. Z. Tierzüchtg. Züchtungsbiol. 99, 161-168.
20. Macaranas, J.M., Taniguchi, N., Pante, M.-J.R., Capili, J.B., Pullin, R.S.V., 1986. Electrophoretic evidence for extensive hybrid gene introgression into commercial Oreochromis niloticus (L.) stocks in the Philippines. Aquacult. Fish. Manage. 17, 249-258.
21. Macaranas, J.M., Agustin, L.Q., Ablan, M.C.A., Pante, M.J.R., Eknath, A.E., Pullin, R.S.V., 1995. Genetic improvement of farmed tilapias: biochemical characterization of strain differences in Nile tilapia. Aquacult. Int. 3, 43-54.
22. Palada-de Vera, M.S., Eknath, A.E., 1993. Predictability of individual growth rates in tilapia. Aquaculture 111, 147-158.
23. Pullin, R.S.V., 1985. Tilapia: everyman's fish. Biologist 32 (2), 84-88.
24. Pullin, R.S.V. (Ed.), 1988. Tilapia genetic resources for aquaculture. ICLARM Conference Proceedings 16. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, Manila, Philippines, 108 pp.
25. Pullin, R.S.V., 1997. World tilapia culture and its future prospects. In: Pullin, R.S.V., Lazard, J., Legendre, M., Amon Kothias, J.B., Pauly, D. (Eds.), The Third International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture, ICLARM Conference Proceedings 41, in press.
26. Pullin, R.S.V., Capili, J.B., 1988. Genetic improvement of tilapias: problems and prospects. In: Pullin, R.S.V., Bhukaswan, T., Tonguthai, K., Maclean, J.L. (Eds.), The Second International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture, ICLARM Conference Proceedings 15. Department of Fisheries, Bangkok, Thailand and International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, Philippines, pp. 259-266.
27. Pullin, R.S.V., Eknath, A.E., Gjedrem, T., Tayamen, M.M., Macaranas, J.M., Abella, T.A., 1991. The genetic improvement of farmed tilapias (GIFT) project: the story so far. NAGA, ICLARM Q. 14 (2), 3-6.
28. SAS Institute, 1990. SAS/STAT User's Guide, Version 6, 4th edn., SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA.
29. Wohlfarth, G.W., 1993. Heterosis for growth rate in common carp. Aquaculture 113, 31-46.