Preliminary observations on freshwater prawn farming of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man) in Tamil Nadu

International Journal of Zoological Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-76

  Soundarapandian, P ^a   Balamurugan, K ^a   John Samuel, N ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Growout pond; Macrobrachium rosenbergii; Monoculture; Nursery pond; Polyculture

Indexed keywords

MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII;

EID: 38349076016     PISSN: 18119778     EISSN: 18119786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijzr.2008.72.76     Document Type: Article

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