1Department of Aquaculture, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai-400 061, Maharashtra, India
2ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Kakinada-533 001, Andhra Pradesh, India
3ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai-600 028, Tamil Nadu, India
4Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries Research Station, P.V. Narsimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Palair, Khammam-507 157, Telangana, India
5College of Agriculture, Gangavati, University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur-583 227, Karnataka, India
IMTA is an integrated and eco-friendly farming approach, where organisms from different trophic levels can be cultured in the same system to take advantage of the synergistic interaction between species.
The experiment was conducted in earthen ponds for four months to investigate the effect of bivalves (
The total ammonia nitrogen, nitrate-nitrogen and nitrite were comparatively low in treatments, T1 (0.13±0.012, 0.013±0.003 and 0.45±0.01, respectively) and T2 (0.15±0.005, 0.017±0.003 and 0.50±0.01, respectively). Similarly, the better average body weight, specific growth rate and feed conversion ratio were found in treatments, T1 (Shrimp: 33.87±0.88 g, 6.20±0.01% 1.10±0.02 respectively, Fish: 94.18±0.08 g, 1.59±0.001% and 1.60±0.006 respectively) and T2 (Shrimp: 32.37±0.60 g, 6.16±0.02% and 1.15±0.02 respectively fish: 92.91±0.2 g, 1.59±0.009 and 1.63±0.08 respectively). Therefore it can be concluded that the use of bivalves helps to create better water quality for the growth and survival of
Extractive species, Feed conversion ratio, Halophyte-based IMTA, M. cephalus, P. vannamei
