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| Le Pabic, Lore; Parrad, Sophie; Sham Koua, Manaarii; Nakasai, Seiji; Saulnier, Denis; Devaux, Dominique; Ky, Chin-long. |
| Size is the most important and valuable quality of the cultured black-lip pearl, Pinctada margaritifera. As this pearl aquaculture is carried out at numerous grow-out sites, this study analyzes the environmental influence on pearl size parameters (nacre weight and thickness) in relation to the recipient oyster biometric parameters (shell thickness, height, width, and oyster weight) at harvest time. Toward this end, an experimental graft was designed by using a homogeneous donor oyster phenotype. The recipient oysters were randomly and equally transferred and reared in five commercial and contrasting grow-out locations. Overall inter-site comparisons revealed that the cultured pearl size (N=2168) and the biometric parameters of the recipient oysters were... |
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Palavras-chave: Pinctada margaritifera; Cultured pearl size; Donor oysters; Recipient oysters; Gene expression; Environmental influences. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00321/43191/42738.pdf |
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| Ky, Chin-long; Le Pabic, Lore; Koua, Manaarii Sham; Molinari, Nicolas; Nakasai, Seiji; Devaux, Dominique. |
| The black-lipped pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera is the most important farmed mollusc species in French Polynesia. Donor oyster selection among wild P. margaritifera individuals, chosen according to their inner shell colour, makes it possible to obtain the broadest range of cultured pearl colours of any species. This study demonstrates the relative influence of using black [B] or red [R] outer shell phenotypes, combined with green [G] or yellow [Y] inner shell phenotypes, on pearl darkness level, colour categories and lustre. A large scale grafting experiment was designed and carried out over five grow-out locations, covering three archipelagos: Tuamotus, Society and Gambier. Results revealed that the [B + G] phenotypes may be used as donors to... |
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Palavras-chave: Pearl oyster; Pinctada margaritifera; Shell colour phenotype; Pearl colour; Environment. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00285/39637/38129.pdf |
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