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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

Cyntia

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

KWS Saat AG, DE

DE GR HR NL
7 records

Cresus

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

FLORIMOND DESPREZ VEUVE ET FILS

ES FR GR IT
5 records

Coxximo

Protection expired

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

RAGT 2n

CZ FR NL PL
6 records

Contra

Protection expired

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

SAATZUCHT JOSEF BREUN GmbH&Co.KG

AT DK NL
6 records

Condor

Protection expired

Vicia faba L. · Broad bean

Hans Georg Lembke KG

IE NL SK
7 records

Condor

Protection expired

Festuca rubra L. · Red fescue

SAATZUCHT| Saatzucht Steinach GmbH & Co KG

AT DE LT
6 records

Combinor

Protection expired

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

Novartis Seeds B.V.

CZ HU NL SK
6 records

Columbus

Protection expired

Brassica napus var. napus · Rapeseed

Semences Cargill SA (FR)

DE DK FR
7 records

Codistar

Protection expired

Helianthus annuus L. · Sunflower

Rene Baratin

HR RO UA
5 records

Cockpit

Protection expired

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

Hybritech Europe SNC (FR)

BE FR
6 records

Clovis

Protection expired

Poa pratensis L. · Kentucky bluegrass

DLF B.V.

DE FR NL
7 records

Clipper

Protection expired

Allium cepa L. var. cepa · Onion

Van der Have B.V.

CZ FR NL PL
5 records

Clementina

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

KWS SAAT SE & CO.KGAA

GR HR HU IT
5 records

Clemenso

Protection expired

Zea mays L. · Maize

KWS Saat AG, DE

HU RO SI SK
7 records

Clarke

Protection expired

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Robert J. Gehin.

FR UA
6 records

Civmad

Protection expired

Fragaria L. · Strawberry

Michelangelo Leis (IT)/Gianfranco Castagnoli (IT)/Alessio Martinelli (IT)

BG CZ HU SK
7 records

Citation

Protection expired

Lolium perenne L. · Perennial ryegrass

TURF-SEED INC

FR HR
6 records

Circus

Protection expired

Chrysanthemum L. · Chrysanthemum

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

DK NL SE
5 records

Cinnabar

Protection expired

Kalanchoe Adans. · Kalanchoe

Mikkelsen, James C.|Ashtabula, OH

DK NL
5 records

Cilion

Protection expired

Secale cereale L. · Rye

SAATENVERTRIEB| Saatenvertrieb Nord Erhardt Eger OHG.

DE FR PL
6 records

Chinera

Protection expired

Dianthus caryophyllus L. · Carnation

NOBBIO GIACOMO

ES NL PL
5 records

Chessma

Protection expired

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

RIJK ZWAAN SAMENCHUHT UND SAMENHANOLLUNG GmbH, DE

CZ DE SK
5 records

Cesira

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

KWS SAAT SE & CO.KGAA

DE GR HU IT
5 records

Cermo

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

STRUBE HERMANN| Dr. Hermann Strube

DE GR HR IT
6 records

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