Managing Global Genetic Resources: Agricultural Crop Issues and Policies (1993)
Chapter: Abbreviations
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
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
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
