Possible roles of algae (i.e. “green water”) in facilitating Macrobrachium rosenbergii larviculture have been investigated in the present study. Three types of algae were mixted with shrimp larval feed. Algal members were belonging to the family like Cyanophyceae, Chlorophyceae and Charophyceae respectively. Algal mixture was applied with control feed, showed better result in shrimp larval deve...

Gene discovery in the Malaysian giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) has been limited to small scale data collection, despite great interest in various research fields related to the commercial significance of this species. Next generation sequencing technologies that have been developed recently and enabled whole transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq), have allowed generation of larg...

BACKGROUND Tributyltin (TBT) is a ubiquitous persistent xenobiotic that can be found in freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystem. TBT is a strong endocrine disrupting compound (EDC) that can cause toxic threat to aquatic organisms. Imposex, sexual deformities and endocrine dysfunctions are the causes of TBT to most of the aquatic organisms. Effect of TBT on the vitellogenesis and sex hormonal...

The giant river prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man, 1879), is a species of great commercial importance. It farmed under different conditions that translate to range light environments, which impact their behavior and productivity. We present the first study employing both visual modeling beha vioral data evaluate ontogenetic changes in color preferences juveniles adults M. rosenbergii. of...

In the present investigation, vitellogenesis during ovarian development in the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii was assessed. Ovarian development was classified into five stages based on size, colour and texture of ovary. Interestingly, histological results clearly indicate that the oocyte development gradually increased from stages I to V based on the yolk material accumulation. Besi...

Lectins play important role in innate immunity of animals. The affinity of the natural haemagglutinin of the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii towards vertebrate erythrocytes and its level with relation to sex, size and moult stages were studied. The strongest agglutinating titres in haemolymph of prawns were marked against guinea pig, chicken, Clarias batrachus, and rabbit eryth...

A copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu,Zn-SOD) cDNA was cloned from the hepatopancreas of giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) by degenerate primers. Both 3'- and 5'-regions were isolated by the rapid amplification of cDNA ends method. Analysis of nucleotide sequence revealed that the Cu,Zn-SOD cDNA clone consists of 845...

Macrobrachium rosenbergii is the most economically important of the cultured freshwater crustacean species, yet there is currently a deficiency in genomic and transcriptomic information for research requirements. In this study, we present an in silico analysis of neuropeptide genes within the female M. rosenbergii eyestalk, central nervous system, and ovary. We could confidently predict 37 prep...

Limitation of food availability (starvation) is known to influence the reproductive ability of animals. Autophagy is a lysosomal driven degradation process that protects the cell under metabolic stress conditions, such as during nutrient shortage. Whether, and how starvation-induced autophagy impacts on the maturation and function of reproductive organs in animals are still open questions. In t...