Table 4 Purpose of requests by development status of the respondents’ country, 2011–2015
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 | No. of respondents | Samples requested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percentages normalized to add to 100% | ||||||
U.S | 12% | 46% | 36% | 6% | 839 | 214,928 |
Non-U.S. developed | 20% | 23% | 40% | 17% | 283 | 31,363 |
Developing | 13% | 18% | 40% | 29% | 119 | 49,970 |
All countries | 13% | 38% | 37% | 12% | 1241 | 296,261 |