AAB African Agency of Biotechnology (Agence Africaine de Biotechnologie)
AB Antibiotic
AFLP Amplified fragment length polymorphism
AFOCEL Association Forêt-Cellulose, France
AGRICOLA US National Agricultural Library – Article Citation Database
AGRIS International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (FAO)
APHIS US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
ASFA Aquatic Fisheries and Science Abstracts (FAO)
BioDeC Biotechnology in Developing Countries (FAO)
Bt Bacillus thuringiensis
C4H Cinnamate 4-hydroxylase
CAF Chinese Academy of Forestry
CAMCORE International Cooperative for Tree Conservation and Domestication
CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences
cDNA Complementary DNA
CHH Carter Holt Harvey, New Zealand
CIRAD Centre de Coopération Internationale de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Agricultural Research Centre for International Development), France
CONABIA Comisión Nacional Asesora de Biotecnología Agropecuaria (The National Advisory Committee on Agricultural Biosafety), Argentina
CONAFOR Comision Nacional Forestal (National Forestry Commission), Mexico
cpDNA Chloroplast DNA
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
ELISA Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
ERMA Environmental Risk Management Authority, New Zealand
EST Expressed sequence tag
ESTP Expressed sequence tag polymorphism
ETFRN European Tropical Forest Research Network
EUFORGEN European Forest Genetic Resources Programme
FSC Forest Stewardship Council
FSTA Food Science and Technology Abstracts
GM Genetically modified
GMO Genetically modified organism
GUS β-glucuronidase
INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (National Institute for Agricultural Research), France
IP Intellectual property
IPM Integrated pest management
ISAAA International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications
IUFRO International Union of Forest Research Organizations
MAS Marker-assisted selection
METLA Finnish Forest Research Institute
MMG Mapping, marker-assisted selection and genomics
mtDNA Mitochondrial DNA
NGO Non-governmental organization
NZFRI New Zealand Forest Research Institute Ltd
PCR Polymerase chain reaction
PMGC Poplar Molecular Genetics Cooperative
QTL Quantitative trait locus
RAPD Random amplified polymorphic DNA
RFLP Restriction fragment length polymorphism
RURAL Database of social and economic development in rural areas of developing countries, Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands
SE Somatic embryogenesis
SEMARNAT Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Ministry of the Environment), Mexico
SNP Single nucleotide polymorphism
SOFA The State of Food and Agriculture 2003–2004 (an FAO publication)
SSH Suppressive subtractive hybridization
SSR Single sequence repeat
STS Sequence-tagged site
TGERC Tree Genetic Engineering Research Cooperative, Oregon State University, USA
TROPAG Database of agriculture and environment for developing regions, Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
VIB Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
