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ANNEX I
ATTACHMENT
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES AND CAPABILITIES IN SELECTED DEVELOPING ASIAN COUNTRIES
CHINA
INDIA
INS KOREA MALAYSIA PAK PHILIPPINES
THAILAND
A PLANTS
+
policy
Government
+
laboratories
University
laboratories
Private sector
+
International
cooperation
vague very good
+
+
1
+
JICA
ASEAN
Micropropagation strong
(inc. pathogen
elimination)
(esp.
trees)
In vitro
+
selection (inc.
somaclonal
variation)
In vitro
+
+
+
conservation
Anther culture strong
Diagnostics
RFLP
Transgenics
+
strong
proposed +
+
+
+
good
+
orchid
propagat.
orchid
propagat.
IDRC, IFS, USAID
IRRI, IDRC,
USAID,
ASEAN
USAID,
ASEAN
Rockefeller
IAEA, ASEAN
strong
strong
rice brassica
CDNA, Antisera
+
+
+
+
Nitrogen fixation
+
+
Biofuels
+
+
+
SEGPB
X
+
+
Collabor- ation with
St. Louis,
USA