Plant Breeders’ Rights Plant Breeders´ Rights protect the intellectual property relating to plant breeding in a similar way to patents. You can find out more about obtaining plant breeders’ rights here. Read more
National Listing Agricultural seed and plant varieties require national listing before they are marketed. You can find out more about national listing here. Read more
Variety Databases All applications, as well as protected and listed varieties, are registered in our databases and this information can be accessed here. Read more
Descriptions of newly registered varieties Information regarding new additions that have not (yet) been listed in the Descriptive Variety Lists, will be published straight after a decision has been made. Read more
Descriptive Variety Lists The Descriptive Variety Lists contain information about varieties in terms of their properties for cultivation and use. Read more
Official Gazette The Official Gazette of the Bundessortenamt - here, for example, information on applications for Plant Breeders’ Rights, National Listing and the breeders applying for them is published. Read more