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8 The Genetic Improvement <strong>of</strong> Farmed Tilapias Project: Impact and Lessons Learned163( Labeo rohita ) in <strong>In</strong>dia and Bangladesh, common carp ( Cyprinus carpio ) andmrigal ( Cirrhinus mrigala ) in Vietnam, and blunt snout bream ( Megalobramaamblycephala ) in China (Fig. 8.3 ).<strong>In</strong> Bangladesh, encouraging results were obtained from genetic improvement <strong>of</strong>silver barb, B. gonionotus through several generations <strong>of</strong> selection (up to the fourthgeneration). The selected strain was found to be 28% superior to nonselected existingstrain, indicating that the development <strong>of</strong> “super strain” <strong>of</strong> silver barb is possible(Hussain et al. 2002) .<strong>In</strong> China, the selection experiments initiated with blunt snout bream ( M. amblycephala )indicated that the fifth generation <strong>of</strong> selected strain increased 30% relative to thecontrol group. The results demonstrate that positive selection is a powerful tool toimprove the economic traits <strong>of</strong> blunt snout bream. Hence, in 2000, the sixth generation<strong>of</strong> selected bream was certified by the Chinese Ministry <strong>of</strong> Agriculture as agood breed for aquaculture (Li 2002) .<strong>Success</strong> was reported on selective breeding <strong>of</strong> rohu ( Labeo rohita ) in <strong>In</strong>dia. Theimproved rohu (Jayanti strain) was developed from a base population composed <strong>of</strong> fivewild riverine stocks and one farm stock. This strain which is considered as the firstgenetically improved fish <strong>of</strong> <strong>In</strong>dia has already been distributed to several local hatcheryowners to provide better quality seed to fish farmers (Das Mahapatra et al. 2006) .Fig. 8.3 National breeding programs in the member countries <strong>of</strong> INGA with focus on carps andtilapias

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