SBIR/STTR Research Award
PLOIDY MANIPULATION OF RED ABALONE
Award amount
$190,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1995Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Seagenes Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
DEPLETION OF NATURAL FISHERIES AND INCREASED DEMAND HAS MADE ABALONE AQUCULTURE FEASIBLE. BECAUSE ABALONE AQUACULTURE IS A RELATIVELY NEW INDUSTRY, EFFECTIVE METHODS FOR DOMESTICATION HAVE YET TO BE DEVELOPED. BREEDING FOR QUANTITATIVE TRAITS--PARTICULARLY GROWTH--REQUIRE TIME FRAMES WHICH CANNOT MEET CURRENT, MUCH LESS FUTURE, DEMANDS. CLASSIC BREEDING PROCEDURES CAN, HOWEVER, BE AUGMENTED BY PLOIDY MANIPULATION WITH TECHNIQUES WHICH HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN FINFISH AND, TO SOME DEGREE, IN SHELLFISH.
Technology keywords
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