Dual disease resistance in a selectively bred eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica, strain tested in Chesapeake Bay

Aquaculture

Volumn 220, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 69-87

  Ragone Calvo, Lisa M ^a   Calvo, Gustavo W ^a   Burreson, Eugene M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crassostrea virginica; Dermo; Haplosporidium nelsoni; MSX; Perkinsus marinus; Selective breeding

Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GROWTH; OYSTER CULTURE; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SURVIVAL;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; HAPLOSPORIDIUM; HAPLOSPORIDIUM NELSONI; OSTREIDAE; PERKINSUS; PERKINSUS MARINUS;

EID: 0037437011     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00399-X     Document Type: Article

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