Observation on the production performance of Penaeus monodon with Liza parsia under different cropping system

Study was conducted in six ponds each with an area of 0.1 ha in the pond complex of Brackishwater Station, Paikgacha, Khulna from February to October '96, to find out the variation of production rate in two culture system viz., single and double crop of P. monodon with L. parsia. In treatment T1 wild fry of P. monodon (0.006g) and L. parsia (0.20g) collected from nearby river were stocked at a rate of 40,000 and 10,000/ha, respectively, for a culture period of 120 days. In treatment T2, the rate was 20,000/ha for bagda fry in 1st and 2nd crop each and 10,000 for parsia fry/ha for an extended period of 225 days. The highest survivability and growth of P. monodon and L. parsia were 57.08% (1st crop of T2) and 75.26% (T2), and 27.08g (1st crop of T2) and 47.78g (T2), respectively with a significant variations (P>0.05) with other treatment. The net profit (Tk. 93,134) and cost benefit ratio of 1:1.76 were also found higher in T2.

玉米杂交种及其亲本光合特性的研究

本文包括三个部分。第—部分研究了玉米杂交种及其亲本的光合特性;第二部分研究了环境因子对玉米杂交种及其亲本光合特性的影响;第三部分研究了一种玉米白化叶片突变体(zb／zb)的光合特性。通过对类囊体膜的叶绿素组成、吸收光谱，光系统Ⅱ活性、原初光能转化效率、激发能在两个光系统间的分．配、光还原活力、叶绿素蛋白复合体的组分及多肽分析，对杂种—代和两个亲本自交系在上述条件下的光合特性进行行了比较和分析。主要结果如下： 一、整体叶片叶绿素荧光动力学参数证实，与两亲本相比，玉米杂交种叶绿体类囊体膜 的PSⅡ还原侧有较大的PQ电荷库(CA／Fo)，可以加快两个光系统间的非循环电子传递速率，有利于光合膜的能态化（△Fv／Fo和△Fv／T)，调节有效的光合磷酸化。同时，杂交种具有较大的光合单位（T1/2)。这些都有利于光能吸收和提高光能转化效率及光合作用速率。整体叶片光合强度的测定结果支持了上述分析。 二、叶绿体光合特性分析数据表明玉米杂交种和亲本在光能吸收、荧光诱导瞬变、电子传递和激发能分配等方面的数量差异;这些结果支持了整体叶片相应的测试结果。由此推断，杂交种和亲本在光合活性方面的差异，可能发生在代谢调节或酶调控水平上。玉米杂交种类囊体膜的光合特性的遗传方式很可能主要受核基因控制。产生杂种优势的主要原因是两亲本互补。在本试验中，生物量杂种优势达118.4％ 三、环境因子对玉米杂交种和亲本类囊体膜光合特性的影响主要表现在五个方面。 1. C02浓度升高可提高叶绿素含量;盐分胁迫和低温胁迫减少叶绿素含量。 2. PSⅡ原初电子受体Q的氧化还原状态对环境因子敏感。C02浓度升高促进了Q的重新氧化，盐分胁迫和低温胁迫则影响其重新氧化。 3. 环境因子对激发能在叶绿体两个光系统间分配的影响各不相同。C02浓度升高，有利于激发能向PSⅠ的分配。低温胁迫和盐分胁迫，使母本叶绿体中的激发能分配明显受阻而杂交种和父本的影响较小。 4. 捕光叶绿素a／b蛋白复合体对环境因子比较敏感。C02浓度升高可增加其含量，胁迫因子使其含量减少。 5. 玉米杂交种在光合特性方面对环境因子的适应性通常表现为超双亲。对不同环境因子的反应方式，多数是偏向父本。这表明玉米光合作用对环境的适应性主要是受核基因遗传控制，具有明显的杂种优势，因而杂交种对环境变化有较强的调节能力。 四、玉米白化叶片突变体(zb／zb)的叶绿体膜仅处在发育的初级阶段。zb／zb突变体的叶绿体膜几乎没有基粒结构。间质片层膜也比较希疏。叶绿素蛋白复合物含量明显少于正常发育的叶绿体。对光能的吸收仅相当于正常叶绿体的43%,光系统I的活力相当于正常的l／5，原初光能转化效率为正常的1／3，低温荧光发射强度也明显低于正常叶绿体。这些说明，玉米zb／zb突变体中膜的组分合成或质体片层的组装过程受到阻碍。这种发育不完善的膜缺乏叶绿素a／b蛋白复合物，缺乏基粒，但光系统I发育较完善，其电子传递链发育较缓慢，因而光系统Ⅱ活力和原初光能转化效率等明显低于对照。因此，具有这种膜结构的突变体光合生产力明显降低。

水稻菠菜紫黄质脱环氧化酶基因的克隆遗传转化及其特性的研究

自发现叶黄素循环具有热耗散的作用后它被引起广泛的关注目前普遍认为叶黄素循环的色素定位于天线色素蛋白复合体上在跨膜质子梯度pH形成后玉米黄质Z和环氧玉米黄质A能够从叶绿素中吸收过多的激发能并以热能的形式耗散到体外从而保护光合器官免受强光的破坏紫黄质脱环氧化酶VDE是叶黄素循环的关键酶在较低的pH条件下它能在数分钟内将紫黄质V转变为Z和A本论文从水稻和菠菜中克隆了编码VDE酶的基因并通过转基因植物进一步研究了叶黄素循环在热耗散方面的作用主要获得了以下结果 首次从两个水稻亚种籼稻和粳稻中克隆了Rvde基因分别命名为iRvde和jRvde的全长cDNA序列分别长1647bp和1887bp两者开放阅读框的同源性为98%与其它已知vde基因的同源性在60以上推导两者均编码446个氨基酸其中转运肽序列长98个氨基酸两者成熟蛋白的氨基酸序列完全相同与已知VDE成熟蛋白的同源性在75%以上其中与小麦的同源性最高达87.4 通过PCR扩增获得了Rvde基因的核基因组DNA序列在它们的编码区中含有4个内含子其长度在jRvde中分别为105bp327bp81bp和69bp而iRvde基因的第2个内含子长425bp与jRvde的第2个内含子差别较大内含子的AT含量为6063%其两端为典型的GT/AG结构 构建了Rvde基因的原核表达载体pET-Rvde在0.4mmol/L IPTG的诱导下该基因能在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中大量表达SDS-PAGE和Western杂交表明表达蛋白的分子量约为 43 kDa随着IPTG诱导时间的延长蛋白量逐渐增加诱导4h后它占大肠杆菌总蛋白的25左右吸收光谱差值A502-540随反应的进行逐渐增大反应体系总色素的HPLC分析表明V逐渐降低而Z刚好相反说明表达的蛋白具有与活体VDE酶相同的功能能在体外将V转变为A和Z 从菠菜中克隆了Svde基因并构建了该基因的反义抑制植物表达载体pCB-antiSvde用根癌农杆菌介导法转化烟草获得了大量的转基因植株再生的愈伤组织经GUS染色后呈蓝色PCR扩增潮霉素抗性基因hpt和Svde基因结果显示在转基因植株T0和T1代中都分别扩增出1.0 kb和1.4 kb的目的片段而在未转化的对照植株中没有扩增转基因植株的T0代种子在潮霉素培养基上的萌发数与未萌发数的比值为3:1符合单基因的孟德尔分离规律从T1代转基因植株中筛选出抑制程度较强的一个株系A29Southern杂交结果表明外源Svde基因已整合到烟草的基因组中并且只有一个插入位点通过冻融法从该植株的类囊体中提取VDE酶其酶活性为3.2是对照植株的45.7表明VDE酶受到了抑制荧光动力学及HPLC测定结果显示强光处理后在转基因植株中Z和A的形成较少非光化学淬灭NPQ值较对照低Fv/Fm的下降较对照快表明转基因植株的热耗散能力下降进而说明叶黄素循环具有热耗散的功能 同时还建立了根癌农杆菌介导的水稻遗传转化体系并初步作了转化Svde基因的试验另外还建立了一种适合于筛选转基因植株的DNA微量提取法此方法操作快捷方便一个人在一天内能制备50多个样品100mg的植物鲜样平均可获得40µg的DNA提取的DNA可直接用于PCR反应酶切分析及Southern分析

转Rubisco 活化酶大型同工酶基因(rca)水稻的光合作用特性研究

Rubisco 是催化光合暗反应第一步反应的酶，是唯一能将CO2 转变成碳水化合物的酶，由它固定和最后转化成的碳水化合物提供了植物、动物和微生物的食物和能量。但是，Rubisco 催化该反应的效率十分低，使之成为光合作用的限速步骤。由于Rubisco 的合成和催化过程十分复杂，人们很难通过直接改造Rubisco 提高植物固定CO2 的能力。而Rubisco 活化酶能活化Rubisco，使植物在生理CO2 浓度下具有最大的CO2 同化速率，因此研究活化酶有重要意义。水稻活化酶有2 个同工酶，大型同工酶比小型同工酶C 端多37 个氨基酸，其中包括两个Cys 残基。这两个Cys 残基的存在使活化酶大型同工酶对ADP 的存在更加敏感，其活性在硫氧还蛋白的介导下能被基质中氧化还原状态的变化所调节。由于活化酶大型同工酶对调节Rubisco 的活性具有的这种特殊作用，在本研究中，将活化酶大型同工酶rca基因用正义和反义引入水稻基因组，获得了过量表达活化酶大型同工酶基因和反义抑制活化酶基因表达的转基因植株，对其光合作用进行了生理和生化分析。 本研究的主要结果如下： Rubisco 活化酶大型同工酶基因的克隆：从水稻镇恢249 中克隆了1525 bp 的活化酶大型同工酶cDNA 序列。经过测序，它与报道的粳稻品种活化酶大型同工酶cDNA 序列（rca）完全相同。 构建了4 个植物表达载体：3 个为过量表达rca的载体，分别是pCBUbirca，pCBSrca 和 pCBSUbirca ，其中rca分别在水稻中高效表达的玉米Ubiquitin 启动子、受光调控的Rubisco 小亚基基因启动子和由这两个启动子构成的双启动子控制下表达; 1 个在Ubiquitin 启动子控制的反义rca载体，即 pCBUbi-antirca。 获得了转化rca的水稻再生植株：用日本晴，台北309，武育梗7 号和籼稻品种培矮64S 水稻成熟种子诱导愈伤组织。用改良的农杆菌浸染法将rca基因转化这些愈伤组织，在潮霉素筛选压力下获得抗性愈伤组织，经过2 天的干燥处理后，转入到含山梨醇的高渗分化培养基上培养，能迅速获得大量的芽和转化体再生植株。 获得了转rca基因的水稻植株：抗性愈伤组织和再生水稻幼苗的叶片经GUS 染色呈蓝黑色。PCR 扩增转基因水稻基因组内的潮霉素基因和rca，大部分转基因水稻中含有841 bp 的潮霉素基因片段和1525 bp 长的rca cDNA 片段。251 粒T1 代转基因水稻种子中189粒呈现潮霉素抗性，抗性种子/非抗性种子的比率约为3：1，接近孟德尔分离规律。Southern杂交表明rca序列已整合到水稻基因组，一般含1－2个拷贝。Western 杂交显示Rubisco 活化酶含量在转pCBUbi －antirca 的水稻中和对照比，几乎看不出，被反义抑制;转pCBUbirca 的水稻与对照含量相差无几;转pCBSUbirca，pCBSrca 载体的水稻中活化酶的含量比对照有极显著的增加。 T1 代转rca水稻的光合作用发生显著变化：转pCBSrca 和pCBSUbirca 的水稻在饱和光强下的Rubisco 初始活性、羧化效率、光合速率都明显高于对照，但是表观量子效率、色素含量和Rubisco 总活性与对照相似。两者相比，前者比后者更高;转反义rca（pCBUbi-antirca）基因的水稻饱和光强下的光合速率、表观量子效率、羧化效率、Rubisco 初始活性明显降低，色素含量和Rubisco 总活性基本不变;转pCBUbirca 的水稻中，光合作用的各项参数与对照基本相似。 T1 代转rca水稻的叶绿素荧光明显改变：转pCBSrca 和pCBSUbirca 的水稻ΦPSII 的值明显高于对照，而且前者qP 的值明显高于对照。两者相比，前者的ΦPSII 和qP 的值比后者高;转反义rca的水稻ΦPSII，F′v/F′m，qP 值和对照比都明显降低，但qN 的值升高;转pCBUbirca 载体的水稻中，叶绿素荧光的各项参数与对照基本相似。 转rca基因的水稻生长发育的变化：转pCBUbirca 载体的水稻整个生长发育过程与对照相似;转化pCBSrca 和pCBSUbirca 载体的水稻和对照比，植株高大，生长发育速度加快，抽穗、开花和结籽的时间提前。两者本身相比，前者比后者明显;转反义rca（pCBUbi-antirca）基因的水稻生长发育延迟，植株矮小，种子败育。 由上可见，Rubisco 活化酶大型同工酶rca基因在Rubisco 小亚基基因启动子、Ubiquitin 基因启动子和Rubisco 小亚基基因启动子共同控制下正义转入水稻的转基因植物光合作用的参数最好，光合效率提高，植物表型最好，生长发育加快，提前开花结籽。这一研究可能为获得高光合效率和高产量的水稻奠定了基础。

Evaluation of two-phase induction motor drives for low-cost applications

An experimental evaluation of small two-phase induction motor drives operating with different inverter topologies is described. Results show that a PWM-based four-switch inverter, having only low-side switches is attractive for high-speed low-cost applications where speeds greater than those that can be obtained using single phase induction motors are required.

Effect of feeding three different formulated feeds having different protein levels on the growth of angel fish (Pterophyllum scalare) juveniles

Experiment was conducted to study the effect of dietary protein level on growth and nutrient utilization by angel fish (Pterophyllum scalare) juveniles. Fifty-four juveniles (average wt. 2-2.5 g) were equally divided in three treatments with each of three replicates. Three formulated diets with graded protein levels, T1 (35% CP), T2 (40% CP) and T3 (45% CP) were fed to juveniles for 45 days. A trend of higher weight gain %, SGR, FER and PER was found with the increased CP level in the feed. Feed intake was similar in all the groups. T3 group fed with 45% CP registered highest weight gain % (43.26 ± 2.07), SGR (0.78 ± 0.04), FER (0.29 ± 0.01), which were significantly higher (P<0.05) than the T1 and T2 groups. Protein digestibility of T2 and T3 groups was significantly higher than the T1 group. Survival was similar in all the experimental groups. Diet with 45% CP with protein energy ratio of 112.62 mg protein/K cal. is ideal for juvenile angel fish for indoor rearing.

Effect of high and low cost brood feeds on gonado-somatic index and fecundity of freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rogenbergii de Man

Studies were conducted to observe the effects of different types of feeds on the gonado-somatic index (GSI) and fecundity of freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rogenbergii. Three different treatments (T1 T2 and T3) were designed with three types of feed as follows: (i) Saudi-Bangla Prawn feed 100% - T1 (ii) SaudiBangla prawn feed 50%+ local feed 50%- T2 and (iii) local feed 100%- T3. The results showed that the average value of gonado-somatic index (GSI) was 14.39, 14.35 and 14.36 and the average fecundity of M. rogenbergiiwas 99,741, 98,125 and 97,911 in T1 T2 and T3 respectively. No significant difference (p>00.5) was between gonado-somatic indices (GSI) and fecundities of M. rogenbergii among different feeding trails. The price of Saudi-Bangla prawn feed was very high (Tk. 23/kg) than the local feed (Tk. 14/kg). So, use of local feed was recommended for M. rogenbergii brood rearing.

Culture suitability of two exotic catfishes (Clarias gariepinus and Pangasius hypopthalamus) with an indigenous catfish (Heteropneustes fossilis)

Culture experiment of African catfish ( Clarias gariepinus) and Thai pangas (Pangasius hypopthalamus) with indigenous stinging catfish (Heteropneustes fossilis) was conducted in the laboratory. The study was conducted for two experiments, where C. gariepinus and P. hypopthalamus were used separately with H fossilis for a duration of 2l days with three feeding treatments, viz. Tubificid worms (T1), SABINCO feed (T2), and no supplemental feed (T3). In experiment 1, the initial length and weight of 4.4cm and 0.60g of C. gariepinus became 6.74cm and 2.33g when fed Tubificid worms, 7.07cm and 2.84g when fed SABINCO feed in the treatment without supplemental feed the final length and weight were 3.67cm and 0.3lg at the end of 21 days of trial. The final length and weight of H fossilis reached 4.55cm and 0.53g from the initial 3.3cm and 0.25g under the treatment fed Tubificid worms while those fed SABINCO feed showed a length and weight of 4.37cm and 0.45g respectively. However, both the initial length and weight were reduced to 2.85cm and 0.12g respectively in the treatment without supplemental feed. In experiment 2, the initial length and weight of 4.37cm and 0.57g of P. hypopthalamus became 5.57cm and 0.57g when fed Tubificid worms, 4.85cm and 0.82g when fed SABINCO feed in the treatment without supplemental feed the final length and weight reduced to 3.95cm and 0.34g at the end of 21 days of trial. The final length and weight of H fossilis reached 5.19cm and 0.82g from the initial 3.25cm and 0.20g under treatment fed Tubificid worms while those fed SABINCO feed showed the final length and weight of 4.93cm and 0.70g respectively. And both the initial length and weight were reduced to 3.07cm and 0.04g respectively in the treatment without supplemental feed. No predatory effect of C. gariepinus and P. hypopthalamus on H fossilis was observed in the experiments.

Growth and yield of GIFT (Oreochromis niloticus) and Thai silver barb (Barbodes gonionotus Bleeker) in rice fields and their effects on the yield of rice

(GIFT) (Oreochromis niloticus) and Silver barb (Barbodes gonionotus) in rice fields and their effects on the yield of rice was carried out in nine experimental rice plots. Three treatments viz., treatment-1 with 0. niloticus (T1), treatment-2 with B. gonionotus (T2) and treatment- 3 was kept as control (T3, without fish) were used in this study. Fertilizers such as, Urea (178 kg ha-1), T.S.P (125 kg ha-1) and M.P. (67 kg ha-1) were applied in each treatment. The fishes were stocked @ 6250 ha·1 and the experiment was continued for a period of 107 days. The values of water quality parameters such as, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH and chlorophyll-a were found within suitable level. Between the two species, higher specific growth rate was recorded in 0. niloticus than that of B. gonionotus. But B. gonionotus showed much higher survival (72%) than that of 0. niloticus (35%). Similar to survival, higher production (244 kg ha-1) and income (Tk. 6399 ha-1) were recorded in B. gonionotus than those of 0. niloticus (142.8 kg ha'1 and Tk. 2137 ha-1). Significant differences (p

A comparative study on the effect of commercial fish feeds on the growth of Thai pangas, Pangasius hypophthalmus

A 70 day long experiment was carried out to evaluate three commercial pangas feeds available in Bangladesh viz. Quality Feeds Ltd. (QF), Aftab Bohumukhi Farm Ltd. (ABF) and Saudi-Bangla Fish Feed Ltd. (SBFF) (designated as treatment_T1 T2 and T3) on the growth of Pangas, Pangasius hypophthalmus. Each treatment had two replicates using six experimental ponds of each 80m2 size. The stocking density was 250 fish/80m2. At the beginning, the fish were fed twice daily at 15% of their body weight which was gradually reduced to 10 and 6%, respectively for the rest of the period. The ranges of water quality parameters observed were: temperature 29.0°C- ~5.1 °C, pH 6.85 - 8.52, DO 1.71 - 7.65 mg/1 and transparency or Secchi depth 14.5 - 30.0 em. The mean weight gain of fish was significantly (~<0.05) higher in T3 followed by T2 and T. The specific growth rate (SGR) ranged. between 4.09 and 5.06, feed conversion ratio (FCR) values between 1.54 and 1.61 with treatment T1 showing the lowest FCR. Protein efficiency ratio (PER) values ranged between 2.03 and 2.11. The survival of fish varied between 90.4 and 91.6%. The significantly (P<0.05) highest production of fish (kg/ha/70 days) and profit (Tk/ha/70 days) was observe in T3 (SBFF) followed by T2 (ABF) and T1 (QF), respectively. The result of the study showed that on the basis of nutritive value and growth performance of pangas, feed from Saudi-Bangla Fish Feed Ltd. is the best.

Over-wintering performance of mixed sex and monosex tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) in Bangladesh

An experiment was conducted for six months in 6 experimental ponds (each size 80 of m2) to assess the over-wintering performance between mixed sex and monosex tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. The experiment was carried out with two treatments each with three replicates. In the first treatment (T1), mixed sex tilapia were stocked in 3 ponds with a mean initial of 4.80±0.18 g. In the second treatment (T2), monosex tilapia were stocked in another 3 ponds with a mean initial weight of 4.81 ±0.20 g. Each pond was stocked with 250 fingerlings. Fish were fed at the rate of 6% of fish body weight at the beginning. The feeding rate was gradually reduced to 2% for the third month and finally increased to 3% for rest of the period. Water quality was monitored fortnightly and the ranges were: temperature17.86-29.10°C, dissolved oxygen 4.25-6.10 mg/1, pH 6.97-7.20 and transparency 24.10-36.50 cm. After 6 months of rearing monosex tilapia attained a significantly (p

Performance of Amblypharyngodon mola with Barbodes gonionotus, Cyprinus carpio and Macrobrachium rosenbergii in rice-fish culture system

An experiment was conducted to assess the performance of mola (Amblyphmyngodon mola) in rice fish culture system with freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii), Thai silver barb (Bm·bades ganianotus) and common carp (Cyprinus cmpia) for a period of 4 months at the Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Four treatments viz., treatment-I (T1) with A. mala and M. rosenbergii; treatmen t-II (T2) with A. mala, M. rosenbergii and B. gonianatus ; treatmentIII (T3) with A. mala, 1Vf. rosenbergii and C. cmpia, and treatment- IV (T4) as control (without fish) were used in triplicate. All treatments were equally fertilized with urea (200 kg/ha), TSP (150 kg/ha) and MP (75 kg/ha). The mean values of water quality parameters viz., temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, nitrate-nitrogen showed a very small variations among different treatments, but phosphate-phosphorus and chlorophyll-a were relatively higher in T4 without fish (i.e., control). The fish production of 480.5 kg/ha in T3 was significantly higher than that of 355.6 kg/ha T2 and 223.8 kg/ha in T 1• The values of soil organic matter, total-nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium at harvest were significantly (P<0.05) higher in the treatments with fish than without fish, but pH did not show any significant differences. The yield of rice grain and straw was also obtained significantly (P<0.05) higher in the treatments with fish. The increase in grain was higher over the control by 11.81%, 9.41% and 14.76% and that in straw was by 9.83%, 4.77% and 13.29% in Tl> T2, and T3 respectively.

Culture of Amblypharyngodon mola in rice fields alone and in combination with Barbodes gonionotus and Cyprinus carpio

A rice-fish culture experiment with four treatments viz., T 1 with Amblyphmyngadan mala alone, T 2 with A. mala and Barbodes gonionotus, T3 with A. mala and Cyprinis carpio and T4 as control (without fish) was carried out in the rice fields during April through August1999. The recovery rate of A. mala were 42%, 37% and 42% in treatments 1, 2 and 3 respectively and the same recorded for B. gonionotus and C. cmpio were 62% and 55% respectively. Among the three species of fish, B. gonionotus showed much higher recovery rate than both of A. mala and C. carpio. The production of A. nwla was 12.50 kg/ha/3 months in monoculture, and 7.92 kglha/3 months and 8.86 kglha/3 months in combination with B. gonionotus and C. carpio, respectively. The production of B. gonionotus in T2 was 169.29 kg/ha/3 months and C. cmpio in T 3 was 252.92 kg/ha/3 months. The total fish production was 12.50 kg/ha/3 months, 175.21 kg/ha/3 months and 261.88 kg/ha/3 months in Tp T2 and T3, respectively. The highest yields of rice grain (5.78 ton/ha) and straw (7.83 ton/ha) were recorded in T3 and the lowest of the same was in T4 (grain 4.96 ton/ha and straw 6.62 ton/ha). Rice yield increased by about 12.10% in T1, 13.30% in T2 and 16.33% in T3 in context to T4, rice-alone culture. The results demonstrated that the culture of fish in rice fields had profound beneficial impact on the production of rice grain and straw.

Growth and reproductive performance of locally isolated brackish water rotifer (Brachionus plicatilis) feeding different micro algae

Population growth and reproductive capacity of brackishwater rotifer, Brachionus plicatilis, were evaluated, for a period of 8 days in a temperature controlled ( =25°C) microalgallaborarory, under three different algal feeding regimens. The algal species that were tested are: (i) Chlorella sp. (T1), Tetraselmis chui (T2), Nannochloropsis oculata (T 3). The feeding density of each algal species was maintained similar as of 4.5xW6 ceHs mi. The rotifer fed on T. chui showed the highest (p<0.05) population growth (131.5 ind./ml), compared to that fed on Chlorella sp (45.67 ind./ml) and N oculata (43.44 ind./ml). The abundance of egg bearing rotifers was also higher (35.77%) with T. chuithan with Chlorella sp (27.76%) and N oculara (24.60%). The results of the present study indicate that T. chui could be the most suitable algal food for the stock culture of locally isolated rotifer B. plicatilis.

Monoculture of climbing perch, Thai koi, Anabas testudineus (Bloch) under different stocking densities at on-farm

An on-farm trial was undertaken in nine earthen ponds (400 to 640m2) to evaluate the growth and production potentials of climbing perch, Thai koi (Anabas testudineus) for the period of four months from March through June 2006. Three stocking densities such as 75,000 (T1), 100,500 (T2) and 125,000/ha (T3) were tested with three replications. Fish were fed with commercial (SABINCO) pelleted feed (35% crude protein). Fish productions obtained in three treatments such as T1, T2 and T3 were 6,480±217, 6,384±154, 6,617±187 kg· 1ha, respectively. The results demonstrated higher mean growth in T1 than in T2 and T3. However, the net benefit was achieved Tk. 7,26,975 from T1, where the stocking density was 75,000/ha.