Plant Variety Registration

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mr.sc. Ružica ORE-JURIĆ, dipl.ing. agr. - Department Manager

Procedure for registration of the variety is initiated by submission of the Application for Registration of Agricultural Plant Varieties (hereinafter: Application). The Application the introduction of foreign variety has to be submitted by authorised person or representative of owner. After completed control of data variety will be tested both in the field and in the laboratory according to regulations on registration of new varieties.

Annual results of testing are delivered to applicants, and final results of testing to Committee which will determine value of variety.

The variety will be registered if tests have proved it to be distinctive, unifiorm, stable, denominated and with required economical value. (Official Gazette 131/1997, Article 75, Paragraph 2).

Regulations on Plant Variety Registration (croatian)

  • Regulation on Registration Costs (NN 93/2002)
  • Regulation on Plant Variety Registration of Cereals (NN 61/2001)
  • Regulation on Plant Variety Registration of Maize (NN 61/2001)
  • Regulation on Plant Variety Registration of Plants for Oil Production (NN 61/2001)
  • Regulation on Plant Variety Registration of Sugar Beet (NN 61/2001)
  • Regulation on Plant Variety Registration of Fodder Beet (NN 61/2001)
  • Regulation on Plant Variety Registration of Potato (NN 61/2001)




Documentation

When applying for plant variety registration (1st year of testing) following documentation should be submitted to the Institute::

  • Application for Registration of Agricultural Plant Varieties ( 104 KB)

  • Technical Questionnaire for certain species (croatian)
  • 3. Authorisation - in the case when owner of variety is not croatian citizen( 97 KB)

For varieties in 2nd and 3rd year of testing, following should be submitted to the Institute:

  • list of varieties with year of testing
  • list of varieties withdrawn from testing

Deadlines

To prepare sowing of the trial on high quality grade it is necessary to deliver needed documentation and seed for sowing on time. In the following table deadlines for delivery of application and seed and needed amount of seed are mentioned: i sjeme za sjetvu. U sljedećoj tablici navedeni su rokovi dostave zahtjeva i sjemena te količine sjemena i broj pokusnih lokacija.

Table 1.
Specie
submit aplication
submit seed
Seed quantity (kg)
No. of locations
Rape-winter
1. 8
10. 8
2
4
Wheat-winter
10. 9
20. 9
10
6
Wheat-spring
10. 1

20. 1
5
3

Barley-winter
10. 9
20. 9
7
4
Barley-spring
10. 1
20. 1
7
4
Oats-winter
10. 9
20. 9
7
4
Oats-spring
10. 1
20. 1
7
4
Rye _winter
10. 9
20. 9
7
4
Rye-winter
10. 1

20. 1
7
4
Triticale - winter
10. 9
20. 9
7
4
Triticale - spring
10. 1
20. 1
7
4
Corn
1. 2
1. 3
-
-

FAO-100, 200
-
-
3
4
FAO-300, 400, 500
-
-
4,5
6
FAO-600, 700
-
-
3
4
Pop-corn
-
-
2
4
Sugar beet
1. 2
1. 3
2
4
Soybean
1. 2

1. 3
-
-
00, 0
-
-
6
4
I, II
-
-
6
4
Sunflower
1. 2
1. 3
2
4
Tobacco
15. 2
1. 3
0.004
3
Field pea -winter
15. 9
1. 10
6
3
Field pea-spring
20. 2
1. 3
6
3
Potato-early
20. 12
20. 1
2400 tubers
5

Potato-main crop
20. 12
20. 1
1600 tubers
4

 

Locations

Trial sites Regarding species, number of locations is from 2 (vegetables) to 6 locations in the case of testing the winter wheat and maize. Trial sites are marked on the map of Croatia, and they are as it follows:

Cereals

  • winter wheat - Zagreb, Koprivnica, Nova Gradiška, Kutjevo, Osijek, Lovassijek, Lovas
  • barley, oats, rye, triticale - Zagreb, Nova Gradiška, Osijek, Lovas
  • maize - Zagreb, Koprivnica, Kutjevo, Osijek, Beli Manastir, Lovas

Industrial crops

  • rape - Zagreb, Nova Gradiška, Osijek, Lovas
  • sunflower - Nova Gradiška, Osijek, Beli Manastir, Lovas
  • soybeans - Zagreb, Nova Gradiška, Našice, Osijek, Beli Manastir, Lovas
  • sugar beet - Virovitica, Beli Manastir, Osijek, Lovas
  • potato - Seget Donji, Stara Sušica, Prelog, Hercegovac, Osijek
  • tobacco - Pitomača, Virovitica, Kutjevo.

Fodder crops

  • Zagreb, Kutjevo, Osijek

Vegetables

  • Zagreb, Koprivnica



DUS - testing

According to Law on Seed, Plant Material and Plant Variety Registration (Official Gazette 131/1997), variety will be registered if tests have proved it to be distinctive, uniform, stable and with required economical value (Article 75, Paragraph 2).

That means that in the procedure of registration of variety it is necessary to determine:

- Value for Cultivation and Use (VCU)

-Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability (DUS)

DUS-testing (hereinafter: DUS) is conducted according to UPOV Guidelines.

Institute for Seed and Seedlings is performing DUS tests for wheat, barley and maize, main reasons for that are big importance of those crops in Croatia and breeding of those crops which are in Croatia on extremely high level..

For all other kinds of plants tests are performed in other countries, members of UPOV.

 



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