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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

Famosa

Protection expired

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

GOLDEN WEST SEED RESEARCH Co.

GR
2 records

Famosa

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Ulf Gyllenspetz c/o Syngenta Seeds AB

DE
5 records

Falcon

Protection expired

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

Royal Sluis (NL)

NL SI
2 records

Extra triple curled

Protection expired

Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nyman ex A. W. Hill · Parsley

Semenarna Ljubljana, SI

IT SI
2 records

Extra

Protection expired

Gossypium hirsutum L. · Upland cotton

BIOS AGROSYSTEMS ABEE

GR
3 records

Expander

Protection expired

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Saatbau Linz OÖ. Landes-Saatbaugen.reg.Gen.m.b.H.

AT
2 records

Exf-63

Protection expired

Brassica oleracea L. (Kohlrabi Group) · Kohlrabi

Bejo Zaden B.V.

NL
2 records

Exception

Protection expired

Dianthus caryophyllus L. · Carnation

West Stek B.V.

NL PL
2 records

Excelsior

Protection expired

Lolium perenne L. · Perennial ryegrass

VEREDELINGSBERIJF

NL
3 records

Excellis

Protection expired

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

Maisadour Societe Cooperative Agricole (FR)

FR
2 records

Excel

Protection expired

Glycine max (L.) Merr. · Soybean

ARIO University of Guelph (CA)

FR
2 records

Evros

Protection expired

Cicer arietinum L. · Chickpea

HAO-DEMETER-Fodder Crops and Pastures Institute

GR
3 records

Evripos

Protection expired

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

Geoponiko Spiti AEBE

GR
2 records

Evidence

Protection expired

Avena sativa L. · Oat

Ets Claude Camille Benoist SA (FR)

FR
3 records

Evening Glow

Protection expired

Alstroemeria L. · Alstroemeria

Duyn, Cornelis van|NA Rijnsburg, Netherlands

NL
2 records

Evasem

Protection expired

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

SEMSECO (FR)

ES FR
3 records

Eva

Protection expired

Brassica rapa L. subsp. pekinensis (Lour.) Hanelt · Napa cabbage

NONGWOO BIO CO.LTD

PL
2 records

Europa

Protection expired

Chrysanthemum L. · Chrysanthemum

Machin, Barrie John|England

IT
2 records

Euromono

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Hilleshog AB (SE)

FR IT
2 records

Etna

Protection expired

Chrysanthemum L. · Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum Breeders Association Research B.V.

NL
2 records

Esther

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

C.E.R.E.S. (FR)

FR
2 records

Estel

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

Florimond Desprez SA (FR)

FR
2 records

ES Samiel

Protection expired

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

Euralis Semences FR

FR
2 records

ES Pronom

Protection expired

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

Euralis Semences FR

FR PL
2 records

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