Research team on the breeding, and culture & enhancement of cephalopod
The team currently consists of 5 members, mainly focusing on research on fully artificial large-scale breeding, healthy and efficient breeding technologies, resource restoration technologies concerning cephalopods, as well as microalgae utilization and development, and the classification and ecology of marine benthic animals. Regarding the academic research background, team members cover multiple research directions, including artificial Breeding and aquaculture of cephalopods, physiological and metabolic characteristics and molecular regulation of cephalopods, and classification and ecology of marine benthic animals. The team has published nearly 70 SCI academic papers in mainstream international academic journals, obtained more than 20 authorized patents, edited 2 works in chief and participated in 6 works, won several competitions such as the highest prize in the Challenge Cup, formulated one local standard in Ningbo, and presided over and undertaken more than 30 projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Major Science and Technology Special Programs of Zhejiang Province, and Key Science and Technology Programs of Ningbo, with funding support over RMB 10 million. With cephalopods as the main research object, the cephalopod breeding team has set up a comprehensive cephalopod research platform, aiming to solve a series of basic biological problems such as growth traits, genetic breeding, nutrition, and immunity concerning cultured cephalopods represented by the sepia pharaonis. On this basis, through the cooperative research among production, education, and research, the team makes breakthrough in the bottleneck of the industrialized farming of sepia pharaonis, explores the most economical and efficient cephalopod breeding technologies, and provides sufficient technical reserves in the selection and large-scale seed production technologies concerning cephalopods, the efficient breeding, growth traits and genetic background of healthy seedlings, as well as the disease occurrence and prevention & control technologies.
The team focuses on major national policies and strategic needs, such as marine resource restoration and sustainable utilization, in response to the severe decline of squid fishery resources in China. Since 2003, under the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Agricultural Transformation Project, and the Key R&D Projects of the Ningbo Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, the team mainly focuses research on artificial breeding, culture & enhancement, and resource restoration technologies concerning sepia pharaonis, sepia lycidas, and the sepiella maindroni. After more than 20 years of joint research and development on the production, education, and research, the team has taken the lead in breaking through the theories, methods, and key technologies concerning the fully artificial breeding, healthy breeding, and resource restoration of squids, effectively restoring endangered squid resources and re-forming fishing seasons. Meanwhile, sepia pharaonis, a new breeding variety, has produced the world's largest squid aquaculture industry chain, promoted the formation and development of China's cephalopod industry, and also received high praise from scholars and institutions both domestically and internationally because it has seized the forefront of technological research and development on the protection and utilization of cephalopod resources in the world. The research achievements have won one second prize in the Science and Technology Award of Zhejiang Province and one Ningbo Science and Technology Progress Award, respectively. The team has also published over 70 papers, authorized more than 20 national patents, released a monograph, and formulated 2 local standards. CCTV (China Central Television) tracked and reported on the research results with titles such as “Squid Mother” in Ningbo University: Journey to the Sea and “Sepia pharaonis - Making Money from “Squids” at ease.
The team has established a single-cell microalgae conservation room since 1982. It includes nearly a hundred strains of marine and freshwater bait microalgae, making it the largest bait microalgae conservation room in Zhejiang Province. The team has long provided bait microalgae strains to Ningbo, Taizhou, and Wenzhou aquatic breeding enterprises. In recent years, funded by national and provincial projects, the team has conducted systematic and in-depth research on the separation, screening, cultivation, and application of microalgae, published over 40 high-quality papers in advanced journals both domestically and internationally, obtained 8 authorized patents, and formulated one enterprise standard in Zhejiang Province. Especially in recent years, the team has screened multiple strains of excellent bait microalgae with independent intellectual property rights through isolation and mutagenesis, including multiple strains of excellent bait microalgae rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (especially EPA and DHA), like tropidoneis maxima, skeletonema munzelii, cyclotella meneghiniana, corethron, and low-temperature species induced by nitzschia closterium, providing guarantees for the breeding of aquatic seedlings. Meanwhile, in terms of microalgae directed cultivation technologies, the team selected two high-quality algal strains are selected for seawater shrimp aquaculture in Zhejiang Province to address the bottleneck of the lack of high-quality algal strains. It innovatively integrated the efficient ecological aquaculture technology, i.e, seawater shrimp-penaeus vannamei based on high-quality microalgae directed cultivation.
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