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73 jurisdictions · 3 284 species

Plant Variety Directory

337 282 varieties based on official registries. Find the breeder, where the variety is listed for commercial use, and its PBR status—with a reference to the source for every fact.

Search as you are used to — in Cyrillic or Latin script:

Coverage

Registries 73 jurisdictions

In official registries, records for each country are stored separately and must be compiled manually. 168 347 varieties are authorized in more than one country — here they are consolidated into a single entry.

All jurisdictions and their registries

Directory content

What's inside

The registers cover more than just field crops: there are more ornamental varieties in the database than vegetable and fruit ones combined.

Genera

If you do not know the exact species

In the registers, a single genus is divided into subspecies and commodity groups. The genus aggregates them into one section — it is convenient to start here when you need "rapeseed" rather than Brassica napus var. napus.

All 1 067 genera

Variety card

One variety — one page

In the official registry, entries for each country are separate and must be collected manually. Here, they are consolidated into a single card.

  • All countries on one map

    168 347 varieties are admitted in more than one country. The register shows them one by one, the directory — all at once.

  • Registration and protection are different things

    Entered in the national catalog — sales are permitted. Plant breeders' rights are in effect — propagation requires a license. We distinguish these statuses clearly.

  • Cyrillic and Latin

    Official registers only accept Latin script. Here, both "Кукурудза" and Zea mays yield the same result.

  • Every fact has its own source

    Not just "registry data," but a specific publication with a verification date. No source means no field: an empty string is more honest than a plausible fiction.

Information

Making sense of varieties

Maturity groups, resistance scales, sowing dates, legal statuses. What the numbers in a variety description actually mean, and how not to get them wrong.

All publications