Table 3 The percentage of respondents who selected climate change as the most important area of future research at least once.

From: The divergence of the public and private plant breeding sectors with implications for climate change

 

Total

Public Plant Breeders

Private Plant Breeders

Public Sector

Private Sector

N. America

Europe

Africa

Asia

S. America

Climate change for biotic/abiotic stress was selected as most important at least once during the BW block

79

84

63*

82

66*

76

79

85*

70

95***

Abiotic Stress was selected as the most important in regard to climate change.a

67

75

64

68

60

66

71

57

68

81

Biotic Stress was selected as the most important in regard to climate change.a

33

25

36

32

40

34

29

43

32

19

  1. Pearson’s Chi-squared tests are performed for tests between (1) public and private plant breeders, (2) public and private sectors, (3) North America, and other regions; ***, ** and * denote statistical significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively.
  2. aThe percentage for biotic/abiotic selections is derived from the number of people who selected climate change as the most important during the Best Worst block. For example, 79% of the total sample respondents chose climate change at least once. Of the 79%, 67% chose abiotic stress, and 33% chose biotic stress in the full sample.
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