Altered sex ratio in giant fresh water prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) using hormone bioencapsulated live Artemia feed

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 943-947

  Baghel, Dharmendra S ^a   Lakra, Wazir S ^a   Satyanarayana Rao, Guttula P ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES EDUCATION   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

17 methyl testosterone; Bioencapsulation; Macrobrachium rosenbergii; Radioimmunoassay; Sex reversal

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOASSAY; PRAWN CULTURE; SEX REVERSAL;

ARTEMIA; MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII;

EID: 4043064308     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01104.x     Document Type: Article

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