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OECD List of varieties eligible for certification - January 2010

The OECD LIST OF VARIETIES ELIGIBLE FOR CERTIFICATION is an official list of varieties which have been accepted by National Designated Authorities of participating countries as eligible for certification in accordance with the rules of the OECD Seed Schemes.

These varieties satisfy Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability conditions (D.U.S. tests), having an agronomic value, and already been published in the official list of one --or several-- participating countries.

The OECD List of Varieties is revised annually on the basis of information provided by National Authorities. For each variety, the List includes details of the maintainer(s) and the country(ies) where the variety has been registered.

The OECD List comprises varieties eligible for certification according to the OECD Seed Schemes; vegetable varieties are not part of the List.

The List is usually published in January and July each year.

The 2010 version of the List, includes about 43 000 varieties from 200 species . The bilingual text English-French is available below:


Document by section:

* Foreword (PDF, 19 KB, English)

* List of eligible species (PDF, 44 KB, English/French)

 

VARIETIES ELIGIBLE FOR SEED CERTIFICATION (English / French)

* Grasses and legumes (PDF, 315 KB)

* Crucifers and other oil or fibre species (PDF, 171 KB)

* Cereals (PDF, 178 KB, English/French)

* Fodder Beet and Sugar Beet (PDF, 56 KB)

* Subterranean Clover and similar species (PDF, 13 KB)

* Maize & Sorghum (PDF, 434 KB)

 

ANNEXES (English / French)

1. List of varieties removed from the 2007/2008 edition (PDF, 30 KB)

2. List of new varieties 2010 (PDF, 66 KB)

3. List of varieties which have changed names (PDF, 36 KB)

4. Maintainer names and addresses by number (PDF, 271 KB)-NEW, July 2009

5. Maintainer names and addresses by location (PDF , 254 KB)

6. List of National Designated Authorities (PDF, 108 kB)

 

Also available:

* Liste de l'OCDE des variétés admises à la certification - 2010 (French)