Veggie-Fish

Growth Curve

Veggie-Fish in a nutshell

1996-2002

g1-6

Importation of Chitraladas – Base population from 80 females, 800 fish = 50 families (inside family selection, rotating males).

2002

g12

Incorporation of GST (GenoMar, Filipinas) and GIFT materials – total of 2,000 fish (from 32 families) forming 20 families in the Breeding Nucleus.

2002-2003

g13

Introduction of GenoMar Supreme from Singapore - GIFT/Supreme, 32 families, resulting in 10 new families incorporated to the Nucleus.

2004

g14

Importation of 32 families of GIFT/GST Singapore resulting in the selection of 5 families incorporated to the Nucleus.

2005

g15

Rotational Mix of 35 families GIFT/GST and 15 Chitralada selected families inside the Nucleus.

2006-2007

g16

Introduction of the African Hybrids after being evaluated agains the 50 families of the Nucleus, with a selection/mixture of the 16 African superior families in the program.

2007-2008

g17

First retro-crosses of African families mixed with Chitralada/GIFT/GST families.

2008-2015

g18-24

BLUP index and family homogenization of families introduced up to 2008.

2015

g25

SNPs project with con Wageningen univeristy and evaluation of the Genetic x Environment interaction in several culture systems.

2018

g27

Average Heritability in the last 15 years is 0.56.

BREEDING NUCLEUS

Produced since 1996 in the Breeding Nucleus Rei da Tilápia, located in Mostardas, Rio Grande do Sul. In 2019 we are producing the Generation 28 (G28).

24+ years in continuous operation (since 1996);
Fully documented;
50+ families and preparing the 28th. Generation;
Veggie-Fish is selected in Bioflocs since 2002;
“It is likely to be the tilapia genetics with the highest penetration in Americas, 5.8% of the world” (Source: Inocap Report/Study - Norway, 2014);
Main clients: Hatcheries in Latin America, China & Thailand;
The latest 14 generations (since 2002) were produced in bioflocs (fully controlled environment), as a result, heritability was quadrupled nulling environment effects;
Several hybrids of four species of Oreochromis are used, not just the Nile Tilapia (= multiplication of gene pool);
Hatches interval between all families are 3 to 5 weeks, which guarantee better selection results.

SUPER-HYBRID

Veggie-Fish is a hybrid Tilapia line, with the following species:

(1)Oreochromis niloticus (Chitralada + GIFT + GST ) + several African tilapia species:

(2)Oreochromis angolensis,

(3)Oreochromis andersonii, and

(4)Oreochromis mossambicus.

Heritability (h2) for growth in Bioflocs in the 6 last generations of Veggie-Fish:

G22 = 0.56 (2013)

G23 = 0.58 (2014)

G24 = 0.47 (2015)

G25 = 0.52 (2016)

G26 = 0.60 (2017)

G27 = 0.59 (2018)

*The average h2 in the last 15 years was 0.56 ± 0.07, very high especially when compared to 0,12-0,24 typical of other breeding programs also originated from the GIFT material.

The UFMG also reported h2 up to 0.70 en bioflocs (2014).