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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

Caroline

Protection expired

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

Secobra Recherches, FR

FR NL
5 records

Carol

Protection expired

Dahlia Cav. · Dahlia

Seminis Vegetable Seeds

NL
3 records

Carmen

Protection expired

Saintpaulia ionantha H. Wendl. · African violet

OPTIMARA ERFINDERGEMEINSCHAFT, GEBR. HOLTKAMP

DK FR
3 records

Carlux

Protection expired

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

Dr Hans Rolf Spath (DE)

CZ FR
4 records

Carlite

Protection expired

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

Dr Hans Rolf Spath (DE)

FR PL
3 records

Carina

Protection expired

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Tezier SA (FR)

FR GR
4 records

Caribou

Protection expired

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

FRANCE CANANDA SEMENCES

BE FR
4 records

Carat

Protection expired

Gossypium hirsutum L. · Upland cotton

GOLDEN WEST SEED RESEARCH Co.

GR
4 records

Carat

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Hilleshog AB (SE)

ES FR
3 records

Caprice

Protection expired

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Seminis Vegetable Seeds

FR
5 records

Capen

Protection expired

Pelargonium L'Hér. ex Ait. · Geranium

VEB Saat und Pflanzgut (DE)

FR NL
3 records

Canoga

Protection expired

Chrysanthemum L. · Chrysanthemum

Vandenberg Cornelis P

IT NL
3 records

Calimbra

Protection expired

Triticum durum Desf. · Durum wheat

Golden West Seed Co.

GR
4 records

Calantha

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Syngenta Crop Protection AG, CH

HR HU
3 records

Cabro

Protection expired

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

Unisigma GIE, FR

DK ES FR
4 records

Cabestan

Protection expired

Brassica napus var. napus · Rapeseed

Monsanto Technology LLC, US

FR
5 records

Burma

Protection expired

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

MARNER GZG| Rijk Zwaan Marne Aktiengesellschaft

DE PL
3 records

Bul Zenit

Protection expired

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

S. Zapryanov, T. Stefanov, Y. Burgazova, D. Lazarova, S. Navushtanov, N. Lazarov, V. Mincheva, N. Baleva, S. Staykova

BG
4 records

BTS 710

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Betaseed

CZ PL
3 records

Brutus

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Lion Seeds LTD (GB)

FR
3 records

Browa

Protection expired

Chrysanthemum L. · Chrysanthemum

Fides

NL
3 records

Bronze Mundial

Protection expired

Chrysanthemum L. · Chrysanthemum

Knaap|DeLier, Jacques C. M. van der|Netherlands

NL
3 records

Bronze Deholta

Protection expired

Chrysanthemum L. · Chrysanthemum

HOEK BREEDING BV

NL
3 records

Brok

Protection expired

Vicia faba L. · Broad bean

SLOVOSIVO PLANT BREEDING

SK
5 records

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