Comparative analysis of morphometric traits of farmed sugar kelp and skinny kelp, Saccharina spp., strains from the Northwest Atlantic
Abstract Our team has initiated a selective breeding program for regional strains of sugar kelp, Saccharina latissima , to improve the competitiveness of kelp farming in the United States. Within our breeding program, we also include an endemic putative species, Saccharina angustissima , locally ref...
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crwiley:10.1111/jwas.12783 2023-12-03T10:28:02+01:00 Comparative analysis of morphometric traits of farmed sugar kelp and skinny kelp, Saccharina spp., strains from the Northwest Atlantic Umanzor, Schery Li, Yaoguang Bailey, David Augyte, Simona Huang, Mao Marty‐Rivera, Michael Jannink, Jean‐Luc Yarish, Charles Lindell, Scott Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jwas.12783 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jwas.12783 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/jwas.12783 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Journal of the World Aquaculture Society volume 52, issue 5, page 1059-1068 ISSN 0893-8849 1749-7345 Agronomy and Crop Science Aquatic Science journal-article 2021 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/jwas.12783 2023-11-09T14:16:32Z Abstract Our team has initiated a selective breeding program for regional strains of sugar kelp, Saccharina latissima , to improve the competitiveness of kelp farming in the United States. Within our breeding program, we also include an endemic putative species, Saccharina angustissima , locally referred to as skinny kelp. We crossed uniclonal gametophyte cultures derived from 37 wild‐collected blades representing five sugar kelp strains and one skinny kelp strain to produce 104 unique crosses. Each cross was outplanted on a near‐shore research farm located in the Gulf of Maine (GOM). After the first farming season, our results indicated that sugar kelp and skinny kelp were interfertile, and produced mature and reproductively viable sporophytes. Morphological traits of individual blades varied depending on the parental contribution (sugar vs. skinny), with significant differences found in progeny blade length, width, thickness, and in stipe length and diameter. Despite these differences, wet weight and blade density per plot showed no statistical differences regardless of the cross. Given their published genetic similarity and their interfertility shown here, S. angustissima and S. latissima may not be different species, and may each contribute genetic diversity to breeding programs aimed at meeting ocean farming and market needs. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Atlantic Wiley Online Library (via Crossref) Journal of the World Aquaculture Society |
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Agronomy and Crop Science Aquatic Science Umanzor, Schery Li, Yaoguang Bailey, David Augyte, Simona Huang, Mao Marty‐Rivera, Michael Jannink, Jean‐Luc Yarish, Charles Lindell, Scott Comparative analysis of morphometric traits of farmed sugar kelp and skinny kelp, Saccharina spp., strains from the Northwest Atlantic |
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Abstract Our team has initiated a selective breeding program for regional strains of sugar kelp, Saccharina latissima , to improve the competitiveness of kelp farming in the United States. Within our breeding program, we also include an endemic putative species, Saccharina angustissima , locally referred to as skinny kelp. We crossed uniclonal gametophyte cultures derived from 37 wild‐collected blades representing five sugar kelp strains and one skinny kelp strain to produce 104 unique crosses. Each cross was outplanted on a near‐shore research farm located in the Gulf of Maine (GOM). After the first farming season, our results indicated that sugar kelp and skinny kelp were interfertile, and produced mature and reproductively viable sporophytes. Morphological traits of individual blades varied depending on the parental contribution (sugar vs. skinny), with significant differences found in progeny blade length, width, thickness, and in stipe length and diameter. Despite these differences, wet weight and blade density per plot showed no statistical differences regardless of the cross. Given their published genetic similarity and their interfertility shown here, S. angustissima and S. latissima may not be different species, and may each contribute genetic diversity to breeding programs aimed at meeting ocean farming and market needs. |
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Umanzor, Schery Li, Yaoguang Bailey, David Augyte, Simona Huang, Mao Marty‐Rivera, Michael Jannink, Jean‐Luc Yarish, Charles Lindell, Scott |
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Umanzor, Schery Li, Yaoguang Bailey, David Augyte, Simona Huang, Mao Marty‐Rivera, Michael Jannink, Jean‐Luc Yarish, Charles Lindell, Scott |
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Comparative analysis of morphometric traits of farmed sugar kelp and skinny kelp, Saccharina spp., strains from the Northwest Atlantic |
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Comparative analysis of morphometric traits of farmed sugar kelp and skinny kelp, Saccharina spp., strains from the Northwest Atlantic |
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Comparative analysis of morphometric traits of farmed sugar kelp and skinny kelp, Saccharina spp., strains from the Northwest Atlantic |
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Comparative analysis of morphometric traits of farmed sugar kelp and skinny kelp, Saccharina spp., strains from the Northwest Atlantic |
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Comparative analysis of morphometric traits of farmed sugar kelp and skinny kelp, Saccharina spp., strains from the Northwest Atlantic |
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comparative analysis of morphometric traits of farmed sugar kelp and skinny kelp, saccharina spp., strains from the northwest atlantic |
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Journal of the World Aquaculture Society volume 52, issue 5, page 1059-1068 ISSN 0893-8849 1749-7345 |
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