| Acad. |
Academic, Academy |
| Afr. |
African, Africa |
| Agr. |
Agriculture, agricultural, agriculturist, agricole, etc. |
| Agron. |
Agronomy, etc. |
| Alimen. |
Alimentación, alimentation |
| Ann. |
Annals, annales, anais, annual, etc. |
| Appl. |
Applied, etc. |
| Biol. |
Biology, biological, biológico |
| Bol./Bul. |
Bulletin, boletim, boletín, etc. |
| Bot. |
Botany, botanical |
| Cent. |
Central, Centro |
| Chem. |
Chemistry, chemical, etc. |
| CIAT | Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (Cali, Colombia) |
| Clin. |
Clinical, clinic |
| CNRCIP |
Cameroon National Root Crops Improvement Programme |
| Co. |
company |
| coop. |
cooperation, cooperative, cooperativo |
| CTCRI | Central Tuber Crop Research Institute (Trivandrum/Kerala, India) |
| Dept. |
Departamento, Department |
| Develop. |
Development |
| Div. |
Division |
| Econ. |
Economic, economie, etc. |
| ed. |
edited, edition, editor |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| Emp. |
Empresa |
| Encycl. |
Encyclopedia |
| Ent. |
Entomolgy, etc. |
| Envrion. |
Environment, environmental |
| Est/sta | estación, station |
| Exp. |
Experimental, experiment |
| Fac. |
Facultad, faculty |
| FAO | Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations |
| Fed. |
Federal, etc. |
| Gaz. |
Gazette, gazeta |
| Ha. |
Hectare |
| HCN | Hydrocyanic acid |
| Hist. |
History, historical |
| hort. |
horticultural, horticulture |
| IA | Instituto Agronômico (Campinas, Brazil) |
| IDRC | International Development Research Centre (Ottawa, Canada) |
| IITA | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (Ibadan, Nigeria) |
| Inf. |
Informativo, informative |
| Imp. |
Imperial |
| Ing. |
Ingeniero, Ingeniería |
| Inst. |
Institute, Institut, Instituto, etc. |
| Int. |
International |
| Invest. |
Investment |
| IRAT | Institut de Recherches Agronomiques Tropicales (France) |
| J. |
Journal |
| Kg. |
Kilograms, kilogramos |
| Lab. |
Laboratory |
| Ltd. |
Limited |
| MARDI | Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Med. |
Medical, medicine |
| Mimeo. |
Mimeograph |
| Min. |
Ministerio, Ministry |
| ms. |
manuscript |
| M.S. |
Master of Science |
| Mycol. |
Mycology, micología, etc. |
| NAFPP | National Accelerated Food Production Product |
| Nal. |
National, nacional, nationale |
| Nat. |
Natural |
| Nutr. |
Nutrition, nutritional, etc. |
| n.d. |
no date |
| no. |
number |
| PANS | Pest Articles and News Summaries |
| path. |
pathology, pathological |
| pg. |
page, página |
| Ph.D. |
Doctor of Philosophy |
| Proc. |
Proceedings |
| Prot. |
Protection |
| Publ. |
Publishing, publication |
| Res. |
Research |
| Rev. |
Review, revue, revista |
| Riv. |
Rivista |
| Sci. |
Science, scientific, etc. |
| Sem. |
seminar |
| Soc. |
Society, societété, sociedad, etc. |
| sp. |
Species |
| Surg. |
Surgeon |
| TDRI | Tropical Development and Research Institute |
| Tech. |
Technical, technique, técnicas, technology, technological |
| Trop. |
Tropical, etc. |
| TPI | Tropical Products Institute |
| Univ. |
University, etc. |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| var. |
variety, varieties |
| veg. |
vegetal |
| vet. |
veterinario, veterinary |
| Vol. |
Volume, tome, band, etc. |
| Zool. |
Zoological, zoology, zoológico, zoología |