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Suggested Citation:"Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1993. Managing Global Genetic Resources: Agricultural Crop Issues and Policies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2116.
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Abbreviations


ARS

Agricultural Research Service (U.S. Department of Agriculture), United States

AVRDC

Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center, Taiwan


BGASC

Barley Genetic and Aneuploid Stock Collection, United States


CAC

crop advisory committee

CATIE

Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (Tropical Agriculture Research and Training Center), Costa Rica

CENARGEN

Centro Nacional de Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia (National Center for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology), Brazil

CGIAR

Consultative Group on International Agricultural, United States

CIAT

Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (International Center for Tropical Agriculture), Colombia

CIMMYT

Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center), Mexico

CIP

Centro Internacional de la Papa (International Potato Center, Peru

Suggested Citation:"Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1993. Managing Global Genetic Resources: Agricultural Crop Issues and Policies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2116.
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CMGS

Committee for the Maintenance of Genetic Stocks, United States

CRRI

Central Rice Research Institute, India

CSIRO

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia


DNA

deoxyribonucleic acid


EC

European Community (collective name given to the consolidation of the European coal and steel community, the Common Market, and the European Atomic Energy Community), Belgium

ECP/GR

European Cooperative Program for Crop Genetic Resources Networks

EEC

European Economic Community (Common Market), Belgium

EUCARPIA

European Association for Research on Plant Breeding, The Netherlands


FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy

FAST

Forecasting and Assessment in the field of Science and Technology, Belgium


GED

Global Environment Facility (implemented jointly by the World Bank, the United Nations Environment Program, and the United Nations Development Program)

GRIN

Germplasm Resources Information Network (U.S. Department of Agriculture), United States


HYV

high-yielding variety


IARC

international agricultural research center

IARI

Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India

IBPGR

International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, Italy

ICDA

International Coalition for Development Action, Belgium

ICTA

Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologi Agricola, Guatemala

IITA

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute, The Philippines

IUCN

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (currently known as the World Conservation Union), Switzerland

Suggested Citation:"Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1993. Managing Global Genetic Resources: Agricultural Crop Issues and Policies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2116.
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LAMP

Latin American Maize Project


MiCIC

Microbial Culture Information Service, United Kingdom

MINE

Microbial Information Network Europe (European Economic Community), Belgium

MIRCENS

microbial resources centers

MSDN

Microbial Strain Data Network, United Kingdom


NPGS

National Plant Germplasm System (U.S. Department of Agriculture), United States


OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, France


PCR

polymerase chain reaction

PI

Plant Introduction Number

PORIM

Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia

PRECODEPA

Programa Regional Cooperativa de Papa (Cooperative Regional Potato Program)

PVP

plant variety protection

PVPA

U.S. Plant Variety Protection Act

PVPC

Plant Variety Protection Certificate


RFLP

restriction fragment length polymorphism


TGSC

Charles M. Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center, United States


UPOV

Union for the Protection of New Varieties; also, Union Internationale pour la Protection des Obtentions Vegetales (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants), Switzerland

USDA

U.S. Department of Agriculture


WARDA

West Africa Rice Development Association, Ivory Coast

WDC

World Data Center for Microorganisms, United States

WFCC

World Federation for Culture Collections, United Kingdom

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This anchor volume to the series Managing Global Genetic Resources examines the structure that underlies efforts to preserve genetic material, including the worldwide network of genetic collections; the role of biotechnology; and a host of issues that surround management and use.

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