Dataset on the production of predominantly male tilapia progeny using two malawian tilapias, Oreochromis karongae and Oreochromis shiranus.

ABSTRACT: A dataset is presented of an experiment that was conducted to compare the proportions of males obtained from hormonal sex reversed pure strain of Oreochromis shiranus and from interspecific hybridization of O.karongae male x O. shiranus female. Part of the data in the dataset were published in a journal article https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2020.100274. The data were generated from four SETs of treatments of an experiment that was conducted at the National Aquaculture Center, in Malawi. The first SET of treatment comprised hybrids from interspecific crossing of O.karongae male and O. shiranus female in a pond based breeding hapa 1. SETs 2 and 4 were for fry from hapa spawned pure cross of O.shiranus males and females in a pond based breeding hapa 2. SET 3 comprised fry from pure cross of

SUBMITTER: Maluwa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7262412 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature