TY - CHAP AU - Ruth Escamilla-Montes AU - Genaro Diarte-Plata ED - Genaro Diarte-Plata ED - Ruth Escamilla-Montes Y1 - 2018-11-05 PY - 2018 T1 - Introductory Chapter: Importance of Plant and Invertebrates in Aquaculture N2 - This book is divided into three sections. Following the "Introduction", the second section, "Sustainable Aquaculture", offers integrated information on rice cultivation and aquaculture that provide additional benefits to producers. In addition, the participation of aquaculture in the restoration of the Crassostrea virginica fishery is evaluated. The third section, "Homeopathy and Probiotics", is about highly diluted substances and beneficial microorganisms that have proved their effectiveness in human medicine, agronomy, veterinary and currently in the marine aquaculture field. Also, a study focused on the performance of growth and nutrient utilization of the freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium vollenhovenii fed diets supplemented with Lactobacillus acidophilus is presented. This book can be consulted by students, professors and researchers in the area of biological sciences. BT - Aquaculture SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.81762 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.81762 SN - 978-1-78984-997-4 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -