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Seaweed culture in India-an appraisal

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Title Seaweed culture in India-an appraisal
 
Creator Chennubhotla, V S Krishnamurthy
Kaliaperumal, N
Rajagopalan, M S
 
Subject Farming/Culture
Seaweed
 
Description In recent years there has been a steady increase in the demand for naturally occuring seaweeds
as a result of many seaweed based industries coming up. In order to meet the raw material requirement
of these industries attempts have been made in this country to develop suitable seaweed farming techniques
by some Institutes notably the CMFRI at its Mandepam. Regional Centre and CSMCRI at its field
centre, Mandapam. Experimental culture of economically important seaweeds such as Gracllaria
edulis, Gelidiella acerosa and other species was undertaken since 1972 at Mandapam- in these
experiments production rates ranging from 3 to 8 times the initial wet weight were obtained. The
techniques of seaweed culture, the favourable seasons optimum duration of culture period and the
influence of environmental parameters are discussed in this account with notes on economics of
seaweed culture. General information on the seaweed resources slong our coasts, their potential for
exploitation and culture are also highlighted.
 
Publisher CMFRI; Kochi
 
Date 1990
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/3084/1/Article_17.pdf
Chennubhotla, V S Krishnamurthy and Kaliaperumal, N and Rajagopalan, M S (1990) Seaweed culture in India-an appraisal. CMFRI Bulletin-National symposium on research and development in marine fisheries Sessions III & IV 1987, 44 (2). pp. 394-402.