I acronyms

IAC

International Agricultural Center

IARC

International Agricultural Research Centre

IBI

Institute for Biotechnology Information

IBS

ISNAR Biotechnology Service

ICAR

International Committee for Animal Recording (also: Indian Council of Agricultural Research)

ICARDA   

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

ICBG

International Cooperative Biodiversity Group

ICES  

International Council of Electrophoresis Societies

ICGEB   

International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

ICHG

International Congress of Human Genetics

ICIPE

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

ICLARM

International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (now known as WorldFish Center)

ICRA

International Center for development oriented Research in Agriculture

ICRAF   

World Agroforestry Centre

ICRISAT  

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

ICTA

Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologa Agricolas (Institute for Agricultural Science and Technology)

IF

initiation factor

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFDC

International Fertilizer Development Center

IFPRI  

International Food Policy Research Institute

IG  

IntelliGenetics

IGES  

International Genetics Epidemiology Societies

IITA  

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

ILRI  

International Livestock Research Institute

IMAGE

Integrated Molecular Analysis of Gene Expression

INRA

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

INTA

Instituto Nacional de Tecnologa Agropecuaria

INTA-EEA

INTA - Estacion Experimental Agropecuaria

IPGRI   

International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (now known as Bioversity International)

IPM

Integrated Pest Management

IR

inverted repeat (as in inverted repeat sequence)

IRRI   

International Rice Research Institute

ISAAA   

International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications

ISMB  

Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology

ISNAR

International Service for National Agricultural Research

ITC

International Trypanotolerance Centre

IUBMB  

International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

IUCN

International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (now known as The World Conservation Union)

IUFRO

International Union of Forestry Research Organizations

IVD  

in vitro Diagnostic

IWMI   

International Water Management Institute