A three-day 3rd international symposium on ‘Genomics in Aquaculture’ organised by the ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) in association with Association of Aquaculturists at its Kausalyaganga campus here began on Tuesday.
The symposium has four themes namely Genetics, Breed improvement and Molecular breeding; Genome editing, Biosecurity and Biosafety; Genome informatics and Intellectual Property Rights and Genomics in Fish Health, Reproduction and Nutrition.
Chief guest Utkal University Vice-Chancellor Prof Soumendra Mohan Pattnaik said that to meet the national food security, researches in frontier areas like genomics, robotics and bioinformatics hold immense potential. Integrated farming should be adopted in the right way for sustainable environment and more research should be done for the less privileged people of the society, Pattnaik added.
FAVET-INBIOGEN, Chile Director Dr Victor Martinez said that research in genomic science requires huge investment, however, it pays. He said as we are already reaping its advantages in agriculture and animal husbandry.
CIFA Director Dr BR Pillai highlighted the genetics research being done in the institute in relation to better growth and aquaculture production enhancement. Organising Secretary Dr KD Mohapatra briefed about thematic areas. Over 200 researchers from different parts of India and abroad are taking part in the symposium. On the occasion, a souvenir was released by the guests.
