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IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency Austria http://www.iaea.org/

IBPGR

International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

ICARDA

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (website)

ICRAF

World Agroforestry Centre (website)

ICRISAT

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (website)

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute (website)

IGER

Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research, Aberystwyth, UK (website)

IITA

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (website)

ILRI

International Livestock Research Institute (website)

Imbibition damage

Damage caused by rapid uptake of water in very dry seeds (see also humidification).

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Sources for this glossary: IPGRI Tech. Bulletin 10: Molecular markers for genebank management and Seed handling in genebanks training course
Glossary open source software by M. Brampton

International Agricultural Research Centres who worked together to make this site possible:
Africa Rice Center | Bioversity International | CIAT | CIMMYT | CIP | ICARDA | ICRISAT | IFPRI | IITA | ILRI | IRRI |

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