National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Fish feed plays an important role in the growth of the aquaculture industry. Use of plant protein source in the feed industry has been in practice for various advantages such as sustainability, availability, cost effectiveness etc. Terrestrial plant leaves of turi, drumstick, ipil-ipil, alfalfa, mulberry, sweet potato, cassava, cucumber, squash, broad bean, papaya, white cowpea, green mung-bean, jackfruit, mexican fire plant, cocoyam, black jack, banana, akee etc. and aquatic plant leaves of azolla, water hyacinth, duckweeds, water lettuce, Indian stargrass, white snow flake, duck lettuce, bur-reed, water fern etc. have been used in the fish feed industry. They are used in the form of fresh and raw, dried, powdered, cooked, fermented, concentrates etc. It is use as direct feed (in case of herbivorous fishes), supplementary or partial replacement to fish meal in formulation of fish feed. The paper is an attempt to make extensive review on potential use of various plant leaves as ingredient in fish feed industry.
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