**Meet the editors**

Dr. Genaro Diarte-Plata is a candidate of SNI-CONA-CYT Mexico. He is a biologist in Aquaculture at the Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Mexico. He has a Master degree in Natural Resources and Environment from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN CIIDIR-Sinaloa), Mexico. He is a Professor at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico (2006 to present). He is a researcher of

the Sinaloa System of Researchers and Technologists (SSIT-INAPI Sinaloa). He received his Doctorate in Marine and Coastal Sciences at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, Mexico. His interests are in investigations in mariculture, culture and ecology of molluscs and crustaceans. As Professor-Researcher within the IPN, he has participated in 45 research projects, given 10 seminars, 250 presentations at international and national conferences, written 5 book chapters and 17 indexed articles. He teaches Descriptive and Multivariate Statistics at the Bachelor level, and Aquaculture at the Postgraduate level. He is the director of 10 undergraduate theses and 3 Masters and 1 Doctorate from various universities.

Dr. Ruth Escamilla-Montes is a Doctor in Marine and Coastal Sciences with a specialty in Aquaculture. She is the Assistant Technologist of the Sinaloa System of Researchers and Technologists. Her areas of study are cultivation and ecology of molluscs and crustaceans, and in the last five years has focused on the isolation and characterization of lactic acid bacteria, yeasts and bacilli

with probiotic potential and pathogenic bacteria such as *Vibrio parahaemolyticus* and its effect on the growth, survival and expression of genes of the immune system and stress of marine organisms. She has participated in 8 research projects, as well as presentations at national and international conferences, 4 book chapters and 23 articles in ISI Thomson-JCR international journals. She was an arbitrator in the revision of manuscripts sent to International Journals (ISI-JCR).

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Aquaculture 3**

**Section 2 Sustainable Aquaculture 9**

**Section 3 Homeopathy and Probiotics 65**

Mungaray Miguel

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Importance of Plant and Invertebrates in**

Ruth Escamilla-Montes and Genaro Diarte-Plata

Pamuru Ramachandra Reddy and Battina Kishori

Chapter 3 **Are Aquaculture Practices Sustaining Our Goal to Restore**

Chapter 4 **Aquacultural Homoeopathy: A Focus on Marine Species 67**

Mazón-Suástegui José Manuel, Tovar-Ramírez Dariel, Salas-Leiva Joan Sebastian, Arcos-Ortega Guadalupe Fabiola, García-Bernal Milagro, Avilés-Quevedo María Araceli, López-Carvallo Jesús Antonio, García-Corona José Luis, Ibarra-García Laura Elizabeth, Ortíz-Cornejo Nadia Livia, Teles Andressa, Rosero-García Antonia, Abasolo-Pacheco Fernando, Campa-Córdova Ángel Isidro, Saucedo Pedro, Barajas-Frías José Delfino, Ormart-Castro Pablo, Rodríguez-Jaramillo Carmen, González-González Reinaldo, Barajas-Ponce Ulysses, Tordecillas-Guillén Jorge Luis, Álvarez-Gil Francisco Antonio, Pineda-Mahr Gustavo, Peiro-López Jesús and Robles-

Chapter 2 **Integrated Rice and Aquaculture Farming 11**

**Oysters (Crassostrea virginica)? 33** Gulnihal Ozbay and Stacy L. Smith

**Section 1 Introduction 1**
