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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (30): 147-155.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2025-0167

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Analysis of Effect of Morphological Traits on Meat Yield of Procambarus clarinii in Poyang Lake Area

ZHANG Ying1(), HUANG Jiangfeng1, ZHOU Zhiyong1, LI Yanhe2, XU Xiandong1, WANG Jingyu1, ZHONG Keer1, ZHANG Haixin1, SHAO Huiyu3, ZHANG Aifang1()   

  1. 1 Jiangxi Fisheries Research Institute, Nanchang 330039
    2 Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070
    3 Yongxiu County Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Jiangxi Province, Yongxiu, Jiangxi 330300
  • Received:2025-03-05 Revised:2025-07-29 Online:2025-10-25 Published:2025-11-04

Abstract:

To clarify the relationship between morphological traits and abdominal meat yield in adult red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) from Poyang Lake, the abdominal meat yield and nine morphological traits were measured in 310 Procambarus clarkii individuals. The influence of morphological traits on abdominal meat yield was investigated using correlation analysis, path analysis, and stepwise regression analysis. Morphological prediction equations for abdominal meat yield were constructed. The main traits affecting abdominal meat yield in the female and male groups were total length and third abdominal segment length. The main traits affecting abdominal meat yield in the mixed group were total length, first abdominal segment width, and third abdominal segment length. Using the significant traits as independent variables and abdominal meat yield as the dependent variable, multiple regression equations were constructed: female group: yfemale=0.614x1+0.678x2-0.266x3-0.014 (R2=0.735), male group: ymale=0.229x1+0.618x2-3.301x3-0.041 (R2=0.689), mixed group: ymixed=0.718x1+0.496x2+0.480x3-0.086 (R2=0.753). Where x1=total length/body length, x2=first abdominal segment width/body length, x3=third abdominal segment length/body length, and x4=Fulton’s condition factor (K). The best-fitting curve models for the relationship between condition factor (K) and abdominal meat yield were primarily power functions in the female and mixed groups, and primarily binomial in the male group. For selective breeding of Procambarus clarkii from Poyang Lake based on meat yield rate, when breeding female and male groups separately, it is recommended to primarily use condition factor (K) as the main reference trait, with total length/body length and third abdominal segment length/body length as auxiliary reference traits; for the mixed group, it is recommended to primarily use condition factor (K) as the main reference trait, with total length/body length, first abdominal segment width/body length, and third abdominal segment length/body length as auxiliary reference traits. This study provides a reference basis for the genetic breeding of Procambarus clarkii based on abdominal meat yield.

Key words: Procambarus clarkii, morphological character, path analysis, regression analysis, curve fitting