Production and Performance of Triploid Oysters for Aquaculture

Huiping Yang, Natalie Simon, and Leslie Sturmer

Release Date: 9/3/2018

Reviewed At: 12/5/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fa208-2018

Agriculture

Abstract

This publication is focused on basic aspects of triploid oyster aquaculture, including the general oyster aquaculture industry, the approaches for triploid induction, performance of triploids, and correlated ploidy determination to convey basic knowledge of triploid oyster aquaculture to the oyster industry and the general public.

About this Publication

This document is FA208, one of a series of the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 2018. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Huiping Yang, assistant professor, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; Natalie Simon, Ph.D. student, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; and Leslie N. Sturmer, UF/IFAS statewide shellfish Extension agent IV, Cedar Key, FL; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Yang, H., Simon, N., & Sturmer, L. N. (2018). Production and Performance of Triploid Oysters for Aquaculture. EDIS, 2018(4). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fa208-2018

Authors

Huiping Yang

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University of Florida

associate professor, molluscan shellfish aquaculture and restoration, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

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Leslie Sturmer

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University of Florida

multi-county shellfish Extension agent IV, UF/IFAS Extension, Cedar Key, FL

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