Kappaphycus and Eucheuma, known collectively as 'eucheumatoids', are two related
genera of red seaweeds which currently lead the rankings for volume of global production of …

Commercial seaweed cultivation has undergone drastic changes to keep up with the
increasing demand in terms of the quantity and quality of the algal biomass needed to meet …

The seaweed hydrocolloid industry, comprising agar, alginate, and carrageenan extracts,
continues to grow in the order of 2–3% per year with the Asia-Pacific region increasingly …

The farming of the red seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii and related species as raw material
for the hydrocolloid carrageenan rapidly spread from the Philippines in the late 1960s to …

Indonesia is the world largest producer of the red seaweeds Kappaphycus and Eucheuma;
however, this country is facing significant challenges such as disease outbreaks, epiphyte …

Modern seaweed farming relies heavily on seedlings from natural beds or vegetative
cuttings from previous harvests. However, this farming method has some disadvantages …

Four strains of Kappaphycus spp.(viz. K. alvarezii—tambalang brown and green, K. striatus—
sacol green) and K. malesianus (aring-aring) were grown in Semporna, Sabah, for three …

The seaweed Kappaphycus striatus is a well-known source of carrageenan and other
valuable bioactive compounds. To improve the efficiency of propagation of this important …

Commercially manufactured extracts of a variety of seaweeds have been used extensively
for several decades for the relief of abiotic and biotic stresses for (terrestrial) agricultural …

Conventional open-sea cultivation constrained by environmental factors is singly
incompetent to sustain the rising seaweed demand. This necessitates a complementary …