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Table 2 Respondents’ professions by country development status, 2011–2015

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

 

U.S

Non-U.S. developed countries

Developing countries

 

No. of respondents (% of total)

Acquisition/curatorial activities

13

(1%)

4

(3%)

10

(3%)

Breeding

194

(19%)

36

(24%)

134

(41%)

Pre-breeding/evaluation activities

111

(11%)

23

(16%)

51

(16%)

Genetics/molecular biology

314

(31%)

60

(41%)

85

(26%)

Science, other

96

(10%)

10

(7%)

9

(3%)

Research, other

7

(1%)

23

(< 1%)

4

(1%)

Education

128

(13%)

6

(4%)

34

(10%)

Farming

99

(10%)

5

(4%)

2

(< 1%)

Other

42

(4%)

2

(1%)

2

(< 1%)

Total respondents

1004

148

331

  1. Source: The Census of Users of the National Plant Germplasm System of 2018