Nutrigenomics tools to address the emerging issues in marine fish larviculture

Narasimapallavan, Iyyapparaja G and Ebeneezar, Sanal and Vijayagopal, P and Linga Prabu, D and Sajina, K A and Sharma, S R Krupesha and Sumithra, T G and Tamilmani, G and Sakthivel, M and Anikuttan, K K and Gopalakrishnan, A (2022) Nutrigenomics tools to address the emerging issues in marine fish larviculture. In: Advances in Agricultural, Animal and Fisheries Sciences. Society for Technology, Environment, Science & People, Kozhikode, pp. 20-29. ISBN 978-81-956227-2-6

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Abstract

It is of note that the capture fisheries are under stress for many targeted species. To reduce the pressure on the wild, research on mariculture had been practicing for decades. Even though technologies for captive breeding are standardized, the growth and survival of the larvae of candidate marine fish species are still not up to the mark. It is necessary to focus and encourage new approaches to standardize the hatchery protocol for enhanced production and sustainable management towards future demands. The major concern facing the marine fish hatchery is the delivery of nutritionally enriched feeds to the larvae. Inadequate nutrition is one of the major reasons for early mortality, weaning mortality, cannibalism, inadequate growth, lowered immunity etc. In India, nutrigenomics research is an up-and-coming field, especially the transcriptomics approach that can be applied to understand the gene expression profile of the larvae and juveniles with respect to nutritional interventions. By means of RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) technology, a clear understanding of the growth, development, metabolism, immune function, stress, adaptation and differential gene expression is possible. In addition, the specific effects of selected nutrients on targeted genes can be studied to alter the diet composition accordingly for improving the growth, condition and survival of candidate species of marine fish larvae. This novel approach has the potential to unravel valuable information required to address the issues in marine fish larval nutrition and for the development of species and life-stage specific micro-feeds for sustainable larviculture.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Larviculture; Mariculture; mRNA; Nutrigenomics; Transcriptomics
Subjects:	Aquaculture > Mariculture Eggs and Larvae
Divisions:	CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biotechnology, Fish Nutrition and Health Division Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biotechnology, Fish Nutrition and Health Division CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biotechnology, Fish Nutrition and Health Division Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biotechnology, Fish Nutrition and Health Division
Depositing User:	Arun Surendran
Date Deposited:	20 Mar 2023 11:43
Last Modified:	20 Mar 2023 11:43
URI:	http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/16856

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