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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

Miranda

Protection expired

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

Zelder BV (NL)

ES FR HR
8 records

Mirabelle

Protection expired

Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch · Poinsettia

MIKKELSENS Inc. (US)

DK FR IT
5 records

Mirabel

Protection expired

Avena sativa L. · Oat

SERASEM RECHERCHES ET

ES FR IE
10 records

Minstreel

Protection expired

Lilium L. · Lily

VLETTER FLORIS| Floris Vletter

BE DE FR NL
5 records

Milady

Protection expired

Brassica oleracea L. (Broccoli Group) · Broccoli

Seminis Vegetable Seeds

CZ NL PL
5 records

Mesnil

Protection expired

Zea mays L. · Maize

KWS SAAT SE & CO.KGAA

AT BG SI SK
5 records

Merle

Protection expired

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

Nordsaat Saatzuchtgesellschaft m.b.H. (DE)

DE FR PL
8 records

Meridien

Protection expired

Zea mays L. · Maize

KWS Saat AG, DE

BG HU SI SK
7 records

Mendel

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

STRUBE GMBH AND CO. KG

CZ HU LT PL
5 records

Meirinlor

Protection expired

Rosa L. · Rose

Paolino, Marie-Louise/Meilland, Alain Antoine

DK FR SE
5 records

Maxi

Protection expired

Sinapis alba L. · White mustard

P.H. Petersen Saatzucht Lundsgaard GmbH Herrn Asmus Sören Petersen

DE DK NL
7 records

MAS 91M

Protection expired

Helianthus annuus L. · Sunflower

MAS SEEDS

FR IT RO
6 records

Marquis

Protection expired

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

RAGT 2n

CZ FR NL PL
6 records

Marquis

Protection expired

Brassica oleracea L. (White Cabbage Group) · White cabbage

Clause Semences SA (FR)

CZ FR HU PL
6 records

Marmara

Protection expired

Helianthus annuus L. · Sunflower

MAS SEEDS

FR IT RO
6 records

Marie

Protection expired

Brassica napus var. napus · Rapeseed

MIKA HYOVELA

FI
8 records

Manuela

Protection expired

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Saatzucht Agrar GmbH, D-06449 Aschersleben

BG DE ES
6 records

Madicken

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

SESVanderHave N.V./S.A.

DK LT SE
5 records

Luxor

Protection expired

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Wiersma, R.

FR GR NL
7 records

Luna

Protection expired

Apium graveolens L. var. rapaceum (Mill.) Gaud. · Celeriac

Bejo Zaden B.V.

CZ NL PL SK
6 records

Lugano

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Maribo Seed International ApS

CZ DE ES PL
7 records

Lucy

Protection expired

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Les Graines Caillard Sa (FR)

CZ ES FR SK
6 records

Loporello

Protection expired

Lolium perenne L. · Perennial ryegrass

DLF SEEDS A/S

DE DK
7 records

Locamas

Protection expired

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

W VON BORRIES-ECKENDORF GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT

BE DE HU
6 records

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