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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

Cutter

Protection expired

Lolium perenne L. · Perennial ryegrass

PICKSEED WEST INC

PL
4 records

Crimset

Protection expired

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai · Watermelon

Royal Sluis BV (NL)

HR NL SK
4 records

Crenshaw

Protection expired

Agrostis stolonifera L. · Creeping bentgrass

Texas Agricultural Experiment Station

FR
4 records

Cream Impala

Protection expired

Chrysanthemum L. · Chrysanthemum

Knaap, Jacques C. M. Van der|De Lier, Netherlands

NL
4 records

Cream Daymark

Protection expired

Chrysanthemum L. · Chrysanthemum

Knaap, Jacques C. M. Van der|De Lier, Netherlands

NL
4 records

Craig

Protection expired

Avena sativa L. · Oat

ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY

IE
5 records

Courtanin

Protection expired

Weigela Thunb. · Bush Honeysuckle

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, FR

DE FR NL
4 records

Courtaneur

Protection expired

Forsythia Vahl · Forsythia

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, FR

DE FR NL
4 records

Courier

Protection expired

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research Ltd

5 records

Corrida

Protection expired

Capsicum annuum L. · Bell pepper

Szkola Glowna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego

IT NL PL
4 records

Cordula

Protection expired

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

SAATZUCHT DONAU GES.M.B.H. & COKG

AT SI
4 records

Consort

Protection expired

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

NOVARTIS SEEDS

DK FR
7 records

Conquistador

Protection expired

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Seminis Vegetable Seeds

NL
4 records

Comtessa

Protection expired

Festuca pratensis Huds. · Meadow fescue

VAN ENGELEN

ES FR NL
4 records

Colossal

Protection expired

x Triticosecale Wittm. ex A. Camus · Triticale

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, FR

FR SK
6 records

Codibee

Protection expired

Helianthus annuus L. · Sunflower

CAUSSADE SEMENCES

IT RO
4 records

Cocdestin

Protection expired

Rosa L. · Rose

JAMES COCKER AND SONS

IE
4 records

Clement

Protection expired

Triticum aestivum L. · Bread wheat

INNOSEEDS

DK ES FR
7 records

Classic

Protection expired

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Seminis Vegetable Seeds

ES IT
5 records

Claret

Protection expired

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

SCRI Scottish Crop Research Institute (SC)

HR HU
6 records

Citation

Protection expired

Ficus benjamina L. · Weeping fig

Wood, Bret T.|27999 Lake Jem Rd., Mt. Dora, FL 32745

BE NL
4 records

Cicero

Protection expired

Hordeum vulgare L. · Barley

Sejet Planteforaedling I,S

DK
5 records

Chicago

Protection expired

Lolium perenne L. · Perennial ryegrass

Lukas H. Wolters c/o Euro Grass BV

DE NL
7 records

Chianti

Protection expired

Lilium L. · Lily

VLETTER FLORIS| Floris Vletter

DE NL PL
4 records

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