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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

Queen Victoria

Protection expired

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

Lietuvos agrarinių ir miškų mokslų centro filialas Sodininkystės ir daržininkystės institutas

LT SI
2 records

Purple Majesty

Protection expired

Prunus domestica L. · European plum

Norman Glen Bradford (US)/Lowell Glen Bradford (US)

FR
2 records

Purple Hedge

Protection expired

Symphoricarpos Duham. · Snowberry

Catharina Maria Hoekstra-Arisz

NL
2 records

Pulsar

Protection expired

Lilium L. · Lily

Vletter & Den Haan Beheer B.V

NL
2 records

Ptolemeos

Protection expired

Solanum melongena L. · Eggplant

GOLDEN WEST SEED RESEARCH Co.

GR
2 records

Prolate

Protection expired

Festuca arundinacea Schreb. · Tall fescue

Oseva Uni a.s.

PL
2 records

Profus

Protection expired

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor · Sorghum

Euralis Génétique (FR)

FR
2 records

Prinzessa

Protection expired

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Henricius J.M. Prins

DE
3 records

Princesse

Protection expired

Streptocarpus Lindl. · Cape Primrose

Achim Fleischle

DE NL
2 records

Primsilo

Protection expired

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor · Sorghum

R 2n (FR)

FR
2 records

Primor

Protection expired

Brassica napus var. napus · Rapeseed

Ministere de I' Agriculture I. N. R. A. (FR)

FR HR
3 records

Prilep 156/1

Protection expired

Nicotiana tabacum L. · Tobacco

Naučen institut za tutun - Prilep, MK

HR
2 records

Prezes

Protection expired

Brassica oleracea L. (Brussels Sprouts Group) · Brussels sprouts

Instytut Ogrodnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

PL
3 records

Precoce d'Argenteuil

Protection expired

Asparagus officinalis L. · Asparagus

Semenarna Ljubljana, SI

IT SI
2 records

Prato

Protection expired

Poa pratensis L. · Kentucky bluegrass

D J Van der Have BV (NL)

FR IT
2 records

PR39V89

Protection expired

Zea mays L. subsp. mays (Maize Group) · Maize

Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc (US)

FR
2 records

PR38A22

Protection expired

Zea mays L. subsp. mays (Maize Group) · Maize

Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc (US)

FR
2 records

PR37Y15

Protection expired

Zea mays L. subsp. mays (Maize Group) · Maize

Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc (US)

FR
2 records

PR36T24

Protection expired

Zea mays L. subsp. mays (Maize Group) · Maize

PIONEER OVERSEAS CORPORATION US

FR
2 records

PR35Y54

Protection expired

Zea mays L. subsp. mays (Maize Group) · Maize

Pioneer Hi-bred International Inc. (USA)

HR
2 records

PR35F38

Protection expired

Zea mays L. subsp. mays (Maize Group) · Maize

Pioneer Hi-bred International Inc. (USA)

HR
2 records

PR35A52

Protection expired

Zea mays L. subsp. mays (Maize Group) · Maize

Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc (US)

FR
2 records

PR34N43

Protection expired

Zea mays L. subsp. mays (Maize Group) · Maize

Pioneer Hi-bred International Inc. (USA)

HR
2 records

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