Abstract
Kappaphycus and Eucheuma species have been successfully cultivated in Southeast Asia since the early 1970s. The increasing global demand for carrageenan in processed foods and thereby the need for industrial-scales of biomass to be provided to feed an extraction industry, exceeded wild stock availability and productivity and commercial demands could only be achieved through extensive cultivation of selected carrageenophytes. This unprecedented situation led to the introduction of carrageenophyte species and cultivars around the world; combined production of Eucheuma and Kappaphycus is one of the largest for seaweed biomass in the world.
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Hayashi, L., Reis, R. P., dos Santos, A. A., Castelar, B., Robledo, D., de Vega, G. B., … Hurtado, A. Q. (2017). The Cultivation of Kappaphycus and Eucheuma in Tropical and Sub-Tropical Waters. In Tropical Seaweed Farming Trends, Problems and Opportunities (pp. 55–90). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63498-2_4
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