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
9 March 2009:
- General Licence 2009/02: permitting the marketing of linseed seed (Linum usitatissimum) not satisfying the germination standard has been issued.
- Protocols and procedures for tests and trials: the VCU procedures for Winter Oilseed Rape and Cereals have been amended.
26 February 2009:
- February edition of Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette has been published.
- Seed Certification Guides and Registers List of Companies Registered for Seed Industry Activities in England and Wales (PDF) and Licensed Seed Testing Stations in England and Wales (PDF) have been updated.
- UK PBR Review Group Final Report (110 KB) has been published.
9 February 2009: UK Seed Certification: The following important Seed Certification Information letters are being sent to recipients this week:
- 09/02/2009 - SC 4/09 – UK Linseed Seed Derogation (PDF 36KB)
- 09/02/2009 - SC 3/09 – Imports of seed weighing over 2kg from third countries (PDF 127 KB)
22 January 2009: January edition of Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette has been published.
15 January 2009: General Licence 2009/01: permitting the marketing of triticale seed (x Triticosecale Wittm.) not satisfying the germination standard has been issued.
14 January 2009: News release: New Food and Environment Research Agency launched. PVS is to merge with the Plant Health Division and the Central Science Laboratory to form a new Executive Agency. More about the new Agency can be found on The Food and Environment Research Agency website.
- Protocols and procedures for tests and trials: the DUS protocol for Festulolium has been revised.
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