First report on production of supermale tilapia by integrating endocrine sex reversal with gynogenetic technique

K Varadaraj, TJ Pandian - Current Science, 1989 - JSTOR
Supermale (YY–♂) Oreochromis mossambicus was produced for the first time by judiciously
combining the endocrine sex reversal technique with selective breeding or gynogenetic …

Techniques to regulate sex ratio and breeding in tilapia

TJ Pandian, K Varadaraj - Current Science, 1987 - JSTOR
Available information on the advantages and limitations of the techniques of hybridization
and hormone treatment for the production of all male tilapias is summarized. The critical …

Androgenesis and conservation of fishes

TJ Pandian, S Kirankumar - Current Science, 2003 - JSTOR
Due to non-visibility of egg nucleus, the established scheme of nuclear manipulation to
clone fish may prove a difficult task. However, fishes are amenable for interspecific …

Problems and prospects of hormone, chromosome and gene manipulations in fish

TJ Pandian, T Venugopal, R Koteeswaran - Current Science, 1999 - JSTOR
Hormonal induction of sex reversal is possible in 50 species. Dietary administration may be
avoided by adopting immersion technique. Neuropeptide Y, aromatase inhibitor and …

Norethindrone ensures masculinization, normal growth and secondary sexual characteristics in the fighting fish, Betta splendens

A Balasubramani, TJ Pandian - Current Science, 2008 - JSTOR
To ensure masculinization and normal growth of the obligately air-breathing fighting fish
Betta splendens, norethindrone acetate (NE) was administered through discrete immersions …

Lability of sex differentiation in fish

TJ Pandian, R Koteeswaran - Current Science, 1999 - JSTOR
The processes of sex determination and differentiation are labile in teleosts and are
amenable for manipulations by ploidy during fertilization, hormone during hatching …

Hormonal manipulation of sex in stinging catfish Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch)

MA Haniffa, S Sridhar, M Nagarajan - Current science, 2004 - JSTOR
Two masculinizing hormones (17α-methyltestosterone (MT) and 17α-ethynyltestosterone
(ET) and two feminizing hormones (17β estradiol (E) and diethylstilbestrol (DES)) were …

Effect of Tribulus terrestris on monosex production in Poecilia latipinna

P Kavitha, P Subramanian - Current Science, 2011 - JSTOR
Tribulus terrestris (Tt) is a traditionally known, non-toxic aphrodisiac herb for effecting
maleness. It would help develop an eco-friendly method to masculinize the fish, Poecilia …

An instance of hermaphroditism in the Indian mackerel Rastrelliger canagurta'Cuvier'

MS Prabhu, BT Antony Raja - Current Science, 1958 - eprints.cmfri.org.in
While instances of hermaphroditism are known to occur in the European mackerel (Scomber
scombrus L. no such cases are on record fcr the Indinn mackerel, Rastrelliger canagurta. It is …

Endocrine control of fish reproduction

S Bhattacharya - Current science, 1992 - JSTOR
The majority of fishes breed at a particular time of the year and the seasonal reproductive
cycle is precisely maintained by endocrine cycle. Environmental stimuli like photoperiod and …