GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF TRANSFECTION TIGER SHRIMP BROODSTOCK Penaeus monodon IN DIFFERENT GENERATION

Diseases resistant genes assemblage for tiger shrimp has been initiated by The Research Institute for Coastal Aquaculture i n co llabo ration with Bogor Agricultural Institute , throughtransgenesis approach under anti-virus gene s transfection. The  study aim ed to evaluate the growth performance of broodstock candidates of tiger shrimp at different generati on (F 0 and F 1 ). This research was  conducted at 2000 m 2 size of four po nds in Takalar Regency, South Sulawesi . .  T he treatment was   differen t generations of broodstocks, which were: broodstocks originated from F 0generation , (A) and F 1 (B) . The 22.63 to 28.57 g of broodstock candidates were stocked 0.5 ind . m - 2 and then reared for 128 days. During rearing period , these shrimp were fed usingcommercial pelle ted feed with content 36-38% of protein in dosage of 10-4%/  body weight. Feeding frequency was applied in the morning and in the evening.Measured variables were growth, size distribution, survival rate  and w ater quality T he results indicated that the performances of these shrimps, growth, size distributions as well as survival rates between these F 0 and F 1 were not significantly different (p>0.05).The growth pattern was relatively equal between treatment  during rearing period. Survival rate of tiger  shrimp in this study ranged from 51.7 to 73.35%. This study have implications on the provision of superior broodstock shrimp in ponds in order to support the sustainability of shrimp seed production in hatchery.  Keywords: broodstock, production, transgenic,  tiger shrimp