EFFECT OF PHOTOPERIOD AND TEMPERATURE ON GONADAL DEVELOPMENT OF FRESHWATER PRAWN MACROBRACHIUM DAYANUM

A.P. PERVAIZ¹*, MADHU SUDAN², MALABIKA SIKDAR^3
1Department of Zoology, School of Biological Science, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, 470003, M.P., India
²Department of Zoology, University of Jammu, Jammu, 180006 J&K, India
³Department of Zoology, School of Biological Science, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, 470003, M.P., India
* Corresponding Author : pervaiznayak@gmail.com

Received : 03-08-2015     Accepted : 03-09-2015     Published : 21-11-2015
Volume : 6     Issue : 2       Pages : 191 - 195
J Fish Aquaculture 6.2 (2015):191-195

Keywords : Macrobrachium dayanum, Post-vitellogenic, Regressed, Increase, Gonadal maturation, Apparently
Academic Editor : Gayathri N., Michael W Courtney, Jayaprada C., Parnashree Mukherjee, Joshua M. Courtney, Arun S. Ninawe, J. Benjamin Franklin, Hamed Daneshfozouna, Jyothi V. Mallia, Balasubramanian. A, Dr Chhatra Mani Sharma, Akif Evren Parlak
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : We thank, Head of the Department of Zoology, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar for providing us lab facility and valuable suggestions in completing the work. We would like to acknowledge the assistance provided by Professor Smita Banerjee, Ex-head of the Department in correcting the manuscript at final stage. The authors are grateful to University Grants Commission, New Delhi for providing the financial support under Grant No. F. 4-3 (2006) (BSR)/11-7/2008 (BSR).