“…Namely, suppressed gonadal development in triploid individual may allow metabolic energy and nutritional resources, normally used for development of sexual characteristics and reproduction, to be directed into faster somatic growth (Thorgaard, 1983). Experimentally, triploids have been induced by different treatments (chemical and mechanical) (Purdom, 1983;Thorgaard, 1983;Teskeredzic et al, 1993). The most common method for inducing triploidy is thermal shock.…”