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Table 5 Purpose of requests by development status of respondents’ country, 1995–1999

From: Developing country demand for crop germplasm conserved by the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System

 

Breeding or pre-breeding

Evaluation for specific traits

Basic research

Add to collection

U.S

12%

68%

12%

8%

Non-U.S. developed

17%

32%

35%

16%

Developing

15%

45%

15%

25%

Transitionala

14%

39%

26%

22%

All countries

13%

62%

14%

11%

  1. Source: Rubenstein et al. (2006)
  2. aThe term “transitional countries” was used in the 2000 Census to refer to the former countries of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Generally, results for transitional countries and developing countries did not differ greatly; we note cases when that was not the case. See Additional file 1 for more information on countries formerly designated as having transitional economies
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CABI Agriculture and Bioscience

ISSN: 2662-4044