The invention discloses a standardized evaluation method for shell
hardness of
crassostrea gigas, and belongs to the field of aquatic
shellfish mechanical
phenotype determination and
biomineralization material performance detection. The method comprises the following steps: carrying out cleaning pretreatment on double shells of
crassostrea gigas; respectively determining the longest axis and the widest axis in the contours of the left shell and the right shell, constructing an orthogonal reference cross axis, axially arranging three standardized measurement sites of the left shell and the right shell at positions about 5mm away from the inner sides of the edges of the shells, and marking the standardized measurement sites;
cutting the marked area to obtain a flat shell sample; applying a load of about 10 gf to each
measurement site by using a Vickers microhardness tester, maintaining the pressure for about 10 seconds, and carrying out multiple indentation tests to obtain an original
hardness value; carrying out abnormal value
elimination and mean value calculation on the data to obtain representative
hardness values of all sites; and further comprehensively calculating representative hardness values of six sites of the left shell and the right shell, and constructing an individual comprehensive shell hardness index. Compared with an existing single-point or random sampling measurement method, the method has the advantages that the problems of irregular shell shapes,
asymmetry of left shells and right shells and the like of oysters are considered, and the accuracy and
repeatability of
oyster hardness
phenotype measurement are remarkably improved through
standardization of measurement sites and multi-site high-repetition measurement. The method can be widely applied to the fields of
oyster stress resistance evaluation, marine acidification,
environmental monitoring and the like, provides possibility for accurate
phenotype determination in GWAS and QTL positioning in breeding, and has a huge application prospect.