Mass spawning of Oreochromis niloticus for fry production: Threats and opportunities for small-scale aquaculture and selective breeding

Fishponds in Farming Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 37-48

  Fessehaye, Yonas ^a   Bovenhuis, Henk ^a   Rezk, Mahmoud ^b   Ponzoni, Raul ^b   Komen, Hans ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Inbreeding; Mass selection; Natural mating; Oreochromis niloticus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864312061     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-596-3     Document Type: Chapter

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