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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

Gold Rush

Protection expired

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

Seminis Vegetable Seeds

CZ PL
4 records

ELIKALB - DK 3889 TR

Protection expired

Helianthus annuus L. · Sunflower

DEKALB AGR. RESEARCH INC.

GR
4 records

DP 5415 RR

Protection expired

Gossypium hirsutum L. · Upland cotton

William V. Hugie.

ES
3 records

DP 458 B/RR

Protection expired

Gossypium hirsutum L. · Upland cotton

MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY

ES
3 records

DON JOSE

Protection expired

Solanum lycopersicum L. · Tomato

Tezier SA (FR)

FR HR
3 records

DMS 3709

Protection expired

Zea mays L. · Maize

Karpenko Ol`ha Mykolaivna, Kravchenko Viktor Mykolaiovych, Borysov Viktor Mykolaiovych, Hontarovs`kyi V'iacheslav Opanasovych, Kostiuchenko Viktor Ivanovych,

RO UA
4 records

DKC 3421 YG

Protection expired

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

MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY

CZ PL
3 records

DKC 3094

Protection expired

Zea mays L. · Maize

Eckhard Holzhausen

DE UA
4 records

DKC 2960

Protection expired

Zea mays L. · Maize

MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY

AT DE
4 records

DK 237

Protection expired

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

SOCKALB

CZ NL
4 records

CT 1

Protection expired

Gossypium hirsutum L. · Upland cotton

Seed Source Inc.

ES GR
4 records

Bólyi 56

Protection expired

Glycine max (L.) Merr. · Soybean

Fueloep Jozsefne / Baliko Sandor / Szabo Janos / Turi Janos

HU
4 records

AP 4503

Protection expired

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

AG Alumni Seed, USA

HU
3 records

41 E 562

Protection expired

Zea mays L. · Maize

Rene Baratin

UA
3 records

ZIV WHITE

Protection expired

Aster L. · Aster

Ziv D.

NL
2 records

W-L 252 HQ

Protection expired

Medicago sativa L. · Alfalfa

W-L Research

EE
2 records

Winter Supreme

Protection expired

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Seminis Vegetable Seeds

ES
2 records

VR 043-43

Protection expired

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

LLOYD/HAROLD/AUSTIN

ES
2 records

VR 039-16

Protection expired

Vitis vinifera L. · Common grape vine

LLOYD/HAROLD/AUSTIN

ES
2 records

VDW 94-76

Protection expired

Solanum tuberosum L. · Potato

Y.P. van der Werff (NL)

CZ IT
3 records

Van Mor

Protection expired

Lactuca sativa L. · Lettuce

Harris Moran Seed Company

NL
2 records

Tim Arrow

Protection expired

Delphinium L. · Larkspur

Westhoff

NL
2 records

Tardivo delle virtu'

Protection expired

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

Saatzucht Quedlinburg-DE

IT SI
2 records

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