Growth Curve

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).

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.

Pedigree of nine generations of Veggiefish produced in Bioflocs, G15 - G24.

Example of the Male 34 (M34) pedigree form Geration 24 (G24) during 2015.

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).

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