I would like to have information on agarophytes from Asian countries. As far India is concerned, Gelidiella acerosa is the principal source of raw material for production of bacteriological grade agar while Gracilaria edulis is commercially exploited for industrial production of food grade agar. Please let me know, what are the other species commercially harvested or cultivated in neighboring Asian countries. I shall also be grateful, if somebody can share the publications pertaining to their agar characterization.
The recent publications or reports on cultivation of agarophytes from Asian region are added advantage.
I would recommend the book:
World Seaweed Resources. An Authoritative Reference System. A.T. Critchley, M. Ohno and D.B. Largo (Eds.). A multimedia, interactive DVD-ROM. ETI BioInformatics Publishers, Amsterdam. ISBN: 90 75000 80 4.
It is from 2006, but still will give you a good start on which countries do what.
There are also some FAO publications.
All the best,
I do have the copy of this DVD, but I need recent information. What more important is which are the species those are in commercial use and the agar characteristics of these species would be of great help for my research.
Hi please refer to the link below and hopefully will help you https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287462188_A_preliminary_study_on_the_agar_content_and_agar_gel_strength_of_gracilaria_manilaensis_using_different_agar_extraction_processes
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