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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

Blue Chip

Protection expired

Linum usitatissimum L. · Common flax

DALGETY| Dalgety Arable Limited

DE DK
7 records

Blaza

Protection expired

Trifolium incarnatum L. · Crimson clover

The New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Limited

FR IT
5 records

Bison

Protection expired

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Serasem, FR

FR
7 records

Biscay

Protection expired

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

TWYFORD SEEDS LTD

BE FR
11 records

Birloque

Protection expired

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Seminis Vegetable Seeds

BG ES FR
5 records

Birka

Protection expired

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

W WEIBULL

DK FR IT SE
7 records

Binos

Protection expired

Begonia x hiemalis Fotsch · Elatior Begonia

LUBBERTUS H.KOPPE

PL
5 records

Bianor

Protection expired

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

ROYAL SLUIS

CZ NL PL SK
5 records

Bianca

Protection expired

Beta vulgaris Sugar Beet Group · Sugar beet

KWS Saat AG, DE

BG GR HR IT
5 records

Berlicum

Protection expired

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Societa' Agricola Italiana Sementi -S.A.I.S S.p.a-

HR IT SI
5 records

Bergxxon

Protection expired

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

RAGT 2n

CZ ES FR HR
5 records

Bérénice

Protection expired

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

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

ES FR HR
6 records

Bartissimo

Protection expired

Lolium multiflorum Lam. ssp. italicum (A. Br.) Volkart · Italian ryegrass

BARENBRUG HOLLAND

DK HU PL SI
5 records

Bartali

Protection expired

Lolium multiflorum Lam. · Italian ryegrass

Theodorus P.M. op den Kamp

NL SK
8 records

Barlympia

Protection expired

Poa pratensis L. · Kentucky bluegrass

Barenbrug Holland BV (NL)

DE FR NL
6 records

Barcrista

Protection expired

Poa pratensis L. · Kentucky bluegrass

Barenbrug Holland BV, 6501 BH Nijmegen

DE NL
7 records

Bandit

Protection expired

Zea mays L. subsp. mays (Sweet Corn Group) · Sweet corn

Harris Moran Seed Company

HU PL SK
5 records

Aviron

Protection expired

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

SECOBRA SAATZUCHT| SECOBRA Saatzucht GmbH

DE FR PL
7 records

Avignon

Protection expired

Lilium L. · Lily

Vletter, Floris|Rijnsburg, Netherlands

BE FR NL
5 records

Auscent

Protection expired

Rosa L. · Rose

David J.C.Austin

5 records

Ausbuff

Protection expired

Rosa L. · Rose

David C H Austin (GB)/Patricia J Austin (GB)

FR
5 records

Auron

Protection expired

Avena sativa L. · Oat

Selgen

AT CZ SK
8 records

Atica

Protection expired

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

RAGIS KARTOFFELZUCHT

DE ES IE NL
6 records

Astor

Protection expired

Avena sativa L. · Oat

Zelder BV (NL)

DK FR HR NL
8 records

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