Communications Biology (Nov 2021)

A convenient polyculture system that controls a shrimp viral disease with a high transmission rate

  • Muhua Wang,
  • Yonggui Chen,
  • Zhong Zhao,
  • Shaoping Weng,
  • Jinchuan Yang,
  • Shangyun Liu,
  • Chang Liu,
  • Fenghua Yuan,
  • Bin Ai,
  • Haiqing Zhang,
  • Mingyan Zhang,
  • Lirong Lu,
  • Kai Yuan,
  • Zhaolong Yu,
  • Bibo Mo,
  • Xinjian Liu,
  • Chunlei Gai,
  • Yijun Li,
  • Renjie Lu,
  • Zhiwei Zhong,
  • Luwei Zheng,
  • Guocan Feng,
  • Shengwen Calvin Li,
  • Jianguo He

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02800-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Wang et al. develop a shrimp polyculture system that prevents white spot syndrome outbreaks by introducing specific fish species. The system is easy to implement and requires no special biosecurity measures which makes it ideal for small-scale farmers.