{"product_id":"lily-oyster-seed-va","title":"LILY Oyster Seed VA","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDisease resistant and triploid oyster brood stocks produced under license with the College of William and Mary.  Breeding work by the Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center (ABC) at Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo make the sterile, robust, fast growing triploid, male tetraploid lines are used, also created and improved at ABC, to cross with the female diploid line, which yields triploids.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe family selected lines are undergoing intense, directed selection by ABC, with continual improvements each generation. Family breeding provides a means of adding multiple traits, such as meat yield and cup shape to the principal ones of disease resistance and fast growth. LILY low salinity oysters are tested in separate environments to provide a full range of performance across mid Atlantic conditions and similar environments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA low salinity stock \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith less disease tolerance, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebut good growth performance at low salinity.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe ancestors of this stock are a composite of early mass selected lines with established disease tolerance that are now bred using family breeding techniques.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSelection traits include fast growth, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehigh survival, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshell shape\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eand high meat shell ratio.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eShellfish growers have the ability to select from a number of lines that have shown their utility for various growing conditions in the mid Atlantic and similar growing environments. Finding the right one for you is ultimately a function of your specific farm conditions and \u003c\/span\u003egrow out\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e techniques and therefore a matter of trial and error. If you are currently using a particular line, and want to try another, try a small quantity of the new line before jumping ship. Whichever line you settle on, most people use the triploid version of it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eSeed sizes below are defined by the grading screen size on which the seed is retained, e.g. a \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e2mm seed\u003c\/span\u003e is that which sits on a 2mm screen and is usually 4mm to 6mm in actual shell height.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eFirst availability is in April for smaller seeds and May onwards for larger shells.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"oshoyster.com, virginia institute of marine science","offers":[{"title":"1 mm \/ Diploid \/ 10 000","offer_id":51856735371558,"sku":null,"price":223.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1 mm \/ Diploid \/ 1 000 000","offer_id":51856735404326,"sku":null,"price":22292.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1 mm \/ Triploid \/ 10 000","offer_id":51856735437094,"sku":null,"price":223.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1 mm \/ Triploid \/ 1 000 000","offer_id":51856735469862,"sku":null,"price":22292.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1.4 mm \/ Diploid \/ 10 000","offer_id":51856735502630,"sku":null,"price":251.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1.4 mm \/ Diploid \/ 1 000 000","offer_id":51856735535398,"sku":null,"price":25079.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1.4 mm \/ Triploid \/ 10 000","offer_id":51856735568166,"sku":null,"price":251.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1.4 mm \/ Triploid \/ 1 000 000","offer_id":51856735600934,"sku":null,"price":25079.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 mm \/ Diploid \/ 10 000","offer_id":51856735633702,"sku":null,"price":279.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 mm \/ Diploid \/ 1 000 000","offer_id":51856735666470,"sku":null,"price":27865.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 mm \/ Triploid \/ 10 000","offer_id":51856735699238,"sku":null,"price":279.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 mm \/ Triploid \/ 1 000 000","offer_id":51856735732006,"sku":null,"price":27865.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4 mm \/ Diploid \/ 10 000","offer_id":51856735764774,"sku":null,"price":418.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4 mm \/ Diploid \/ 1 000 000","offer_id":51856735797542,"sku":null,"price":41798.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4 mm \/ Triploid \/ 10 000","offer_id":51856735830310,"sku":null,"price":418.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4 mm \/ Triploid \/ 1 000 000","offer_id":51856735863078,"sku":null,"price":41798.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/5730\/1030\/files\/b7e184_30b7141a40cb4c1493fe5a6c721f65a0_mv2-2.webp?v=1767624719","url":"https:\/\/evergreenbotany.com\/fil\/products\/lily-oyster-seed-va","provider":"EVERGREEN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}