Plant Varieties & Seeds
Improved plant varieties and good quality seeds are essential for safe, reliable and efficient crop and food production. These pages provide information on Plant Breeders Rights, National Listing and Seed Certification Services to plant breeders and the seeds industry.
Latest news
18 July 2008 - NL/PBR Information Letter: NL/PBR 5/08 gives details of Annual Charges and Revision to the scoring arrangements for assessing disease resistance for varieties of combinable crops.
14 July 2008 - Protocols and procedures for tests and trials: the VCU procedures for Field Peas, Field Beans, Spring Oilseed Rape and Winter Oilseed Rape have been revised.
3 July 2008 - Protocols and procedures for tests and trials: the DUS protocols for Barley, White Clover, Festulolium, Oats, Hybrid Ryegrass, Italian Ryegrass, Perennial Ryegrass and Winter Oilseed Rape (including Fodder Rape) have been revised.
18 June 2008
- June edition of Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette has been published.
- The Forum on Seeds for a Sustainable Environment (FOSSE) has been temporarily suspended. Please see the letter (PDF 47KB) which explains why this action has been taken.
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