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| Ky, Chin-long; Demmer, Jonathan; Blay, Carole; Lo, Cedrik. |
| Pinctada margaritifera is an economically important marine bivalve species for cultured pearl production in French Polynesian aquaculture. In order to evaluate the influence of donor oyster age on pearl quality traits, experiments were conducted over 6 years using both grafts and surgreffe operations. At harvest, 6 pearl quality traits were recorded and compared: surface defects, luster, grade, darkness level, and visual color. Analyzing the quality traits of pearls harvested in the initial graft process and those of pearls obtained from surgreffe experiments allowed a comparison of the influence of pearl sac cells originating from the initial mantle graft, which aged together with their recipient oysters. The results demonstrated a significant decrease... |
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Palavras-chave: Pearl oyster age; Pinctada margaritifera; Surgreffe; Pearl grade; Pearl colour. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00283/39472/37953.pdf |
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| Ky, Chin-long; Blay, Carole; Sham-koua, Manaarii; Lo, Cédrik; Cabral, Philippe. |
| The top aquaculture species in French Polynesia is Pinctada margaritifera, a mollusc grown for the production of a unique gem: the black pearl. One of the challenges facing the pearl farming industry is to "produce less but better pearls" through genetic improvement. An experimental hatchery system was used to generate full-sib families to be tested for their potential as donor "oysters". A large-scale grafting experiments was done and seven cultured pearl quality traits: grade, surface defects, lustre, darkness level, visual colour categories, circles and shape categories were recorded. Our results revealed, for the first time, significant phenotypic relationships between these quality traits. The grade A cultured pearl class had the largest proportion of... |
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Palavras-chave: Pearl "oyster"; Pinctada margaritifera; Donor "oyster"; Cultured pearl quality; Pearl grade; Pearl colour; Pearl shape; Selective breeding. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00190/30130/28592.pdf |
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| Ky, Chin-long; Okura, Retsu; Nakasai, Seiji; Devaux, Dominique. |
| In French Polynesia, the aquaculture of Pinctada margaritifera (Linnaeus, 1758) covers a large maritime exploitation area, spread over nearly 20 degrees latitude and longitude, with numerous pearl farms located in three archipelagos (Gambier, Society, and Tuamotu). As these archipelagos have specific seasonal temperature patterns each year, pearl oysters are subject to disparate and contrasting environmental regimes. This study aimed to examine the specificity of commercial pearl quality traits (n ¼ 2,236 samples) at the archipelago scale, in such a way as to provide preliminary data to design the most appropriate strategy for the distribution of hatchery-produced phenotypes. A large and standardized grafting experiment using the same donor phenotype was... |
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Palavras-chave: Pearl oyster; Pinctada margaritifera; Large-scale geographic effects; Pearl color; Pearl grade; Pearl shape; Pearl size. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00357/46798/46665.pdf |
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