Jah. Benzie, A REVIEW OF THE EFFECT OF GENETICS AND ENVIRONMENT ON THE MATURATION AND LARVAL QUALITY OF THE GIANT TIGER PRAWN PENAEUS-MONODON, Aquaculture, 155(1-4), 1997, pp. 69-85
Genetic and environmental effects are considered to play important rol
es in determining maturation and larval quality of penaeid prawns, and
the poor performance of pond-reared spawners of the giant tiger prawn
, Penaeus monodon. Interactions between genetic and environmental fact
ors, and between physical, nutritional and hormonal factors, make dise
ntangling their effects difficult. Much of the research on these issue
s to date has attempted trial and error changes to management practice
s, particularly nutrition, and is based on superficial approaches usin
g limited information on P. monodon biology. The development of effect
ive technologies to achieve reliable reproduction of P. monodon, and t
o improve egg and larval quality, in culture will require high-quality
research on fundamental aspects of the physiology and genetics of the
giant tiger prawn. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.