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Varieties in the public domain

Plant breeders' rights are granted for a limited term. Upon expiration, the variety enters the public domain: its seeds can be propagated and sold without the rights holder's license.

Varieties
17 808

By year of entering the public domain

Recent years are the most sought-after: the variety is free to use but still in production.

Varieties in the public domain

Alek

Protection expired

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti Osijek (HR)

HR
3 records

Albis

Protection expired

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Aldo Fossati Agroscope / F. Weilenmann Agroscope / F.X. Paccaud Agroscope / G. Popow Agroscope / Hans Winzeler Agroscope / P. Fried Agroscope / W. Saurer Agroscope

4 records

Albion

Protection expired

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

National Seed Development Organization Ltd.

4 records

Albina

Protection expired

Pelargonium L'Hér. ex Ait. · Geranium

Mirco VAVRA (AT)

FR NL
3 records

Albenarm

Protection expired

Helianthus annuus L. · Sunflower

Rustica Prograin Genetique SA (FR)/IWS (BG)

FR
3 records

Alaska

Protection expired

Brassica napus L. · Rapeseed

KWS SAAT SE and CO KGAA

LT SI
4 records

Aiges

Protection expired

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

HAO-DEMETER - Cereal Institute

GR
4 records

Aias

Protection expired

Triticum durum Desf. · Durum wheat

HAO-DEMETER - Cereal Institute

GR
4 records

Agram

Protection expired

Festuca rubra L. · Red fescue

Zelder BV (NL)

DK FR SE
3 records

Agora

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

D.J.VAN DER HAVE

BE FR
3 records

AFZG Sanja

Protection expired

Glycine max (L.) Merr. · Soybean

Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zavod za specijalnu proizvodnju bilja (HR)

HR
3 records

AFZG Antonija

Protection expired

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zavod za oplemenjivanje bilja, genetiku i metodiku istraživanja (HR)

HR
3 records

Advantage

Protection expired

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Harris Moran Seed Company

NL
3 records

Adolf Horstmann

Protection expired

Rosa L. · Rose

KORDES' SOEHNE| W. Kordes' Soehne Rosenschulen GmbH & Co KG

DE DK
3 records

Adir

Protection expired

Cucumis melo L. · Melon

Syngenta Seeds B.V.

CY NL
3 records

Adharman

Protection expired

Rosa L. · Rose

Michel Adam (FR)

FR
3 records

ADELFIE

Protection expired

Dianthus L. · Carnation

Sarneel, John

FR
3 records

Action

Protection expired

Chrysanthemum L. · Chrysanthemum

WALTER H. JESSEL, JR. & WILLIAM E. DUFFETT

DK NL
3 records

Achspen

Protection expired

Pelargonium zonale (L.) L'Hér. · Horseshoe pelargonium

Wilhelm Elsner

DE SE
3 records

Acheron

Protection expired

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

HAO-DEMETER - Cereal Institute

GR
4 records

Acheloos

Protection expired

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

HAO-DEMETER - Cereal Institute

GR
4 records

Ace Early

Protection expired

Brassica oleracea L. (Cauliflower Group) · Cauliflower

VEGETAL RECHERCHES ET

NL
3 records

Acclaim

Protection expired

Zea mays L. · Maize

MOMMERSTEEG INTERNATIONAL

IE
5 records

Aberidris

Protection expired

Lolium perenne L. · Perennial ryegrass

ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY

CZ
4 records

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