联合国粮农组织与国际原子能机构联络处于1989年2月20—24日在泰国曼谷召开了“在亚洲热带国家中通过诱发突变进行根茎类作物改良”的协作会议,出席会议的代表分别来自中国、日本、泰国、菲律宾、越南等5个国家和亚洲蔬菜研究与发展中心。 在70年代早期,粮农组织和国际原子能机构联络处就对根茎类作物突变育种技术的发展和应用开展了工作,在1972—1980年的研究协作项目中包括了马铃薯,在1984—1986 Liaison Office of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Atomic Energy Agency held a collaborative meeting on “Improving root and shoot crops through induced mutation in tropical Asian countries” from February 20 to February 24, 1989 in Bangkok, Thailand. Delegates attended the meeting respectively from China, Japan Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam and other five countries and the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center. In the early 1970s, FAO and IAEA liaison offices worked on the development and application of mutation breeding techniques for root crops, including potatoes in the 1972-1980 research collaboration project, and in 1984-1986