Plant Varieties & Seeds: News archive
5 June 2008 - Protocols and procedures for tests and trials: the DUS protocols for Barley, Oats and Wheat have been revised.
20 May 2008
- NL/PBR Information Letter: NL/PBR 4/08 gives details of Obligatory Characters and their relative importance to be used when considering Potato Varieties for addition to the UK National List, revised Protocols and Procedures for VCU Trials, Office closing dates.
- May edition of Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette has been published.
14 May 2008 – Plant Varieties and Seeds Committee: a report of the 31 January meeting has been published.
12 May 2008
- UK Seed Certification information letters 2008: SC 2/08 – Instructions to Licensed and Official Crop Inspectors in England and Wales.
- UK Seed Certification – Guides and Registers: The Instructions to licensed and official crop inspectors in England and Wales has been updated.
6 May 2008
- Protocols and procedures for tests and trials: the VCU protocols and procedures for Test and Trial Design and Data Validation and Test and Trial Inspection and Data Handling have been produced.
- April edition of Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette and the first 2008 Special Edition have been published. Due to ongoing reviews of information relating to the Vegetable 'B' List varieties, the Special Edition has provisionally been produced without 'Section B United Kingdom National List of Varieties of Vegetable Plant Species'. A complete edition including the updated 'B' list will be published shortly
- UK Seed Certification – Guides and Registers: The Registers of Registered Companies and Licensed Seed Testing Stations have been up dated. The Tetrazolium testing for certification in England – procedures have also been revised.
- The UK response to the Food Chain Evaluation Consortium (FCEC) qualitative questionnaire used by the FCEC to evaluate the Community acquis on the marketing of Seed and Plant Propagating Materials (S&PM).
16 April 2008 - NL/PBR Information Letter: NL/PBR 3/08 
(45 KB) gives details of revised fees for National Listing and Plant Breeders’ Rights Services.
3 April 2008
- Protocols and procedures for tests and trials: the VCU procedures for Sugar Beet and Forage and Grain Maize have been revised for the 2008 harvest. The VCU protocols and procedures for miscellaneous crops have been added.
- March edition of Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette (195 KB) has been published.
18 March 2008 - NL/PBR Information Letter: NL/PBR 2/08 (23 KB) gives details of final TQs, fees and charges issues and office closure dates for PVS Division over the Easter period.
13 March 2008
- UK Seed Certification: The Instructions to Licensed and Official Crop Inspectors and the Instructions to Licensed and Official Seed Samplers have been revised these replace the previous instructions.
- Protocols and procedures for tests and trials: the VCU protocol and the VCU procedures for Minor Crops have been produced.
29 February 2008 -Protocols and procedures for tests and trials: the VCU procedures for Sugar Beet have been revised for the 2008 harvest.
24 February 2008
- Application Forms and Technical Questionnaires for National Listing and Plant Breeders’ Rights: new TQs, which may also be completed interactively, have been produced for Chrysanthemums, Ornamental species and Vegetables. The Application Forms for National Listing and Plant Breeders’ Rights and the TQs for Wheat, Barley and Rape have been revised.
- Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette: February edition.
8 February 2008
- UK Seed Certification – New contact number for Seed Certification enquiries: NIAB on 01223 342220 and clarification that application forms and fees should be sent to NIAB, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 OLE.
- Protocols and procedures for tests and trials: the VCU procedures for Cereals, Spring Oilseed Rape and Winter Oilseed Rape have been revised with amendments to Plant Growth Regulators, Fungicide Programme and Control Varieties.
5 February 2008 - NL/PBR Information Letter: NL/PBR 1/08 (PDF 19KB) gives details of the Consultation on proposed fee changes for National Listing and Plant Breeders’ Rights Services, changes to DUS testing arrangements (replacement of cereal ear rows with plots )and revised VCU procedures.
28 January 2008 - Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette: January edition
24 January 2008 - Protocols and procedures for tests and trials: the VCU procedures for Field Peas for 2008 harvest have been updated to show the changes in control varieties.
18 January 2008
- General Licence 2008/01 - permits authorised companies to market specified amounts of Triticale seed ( x Triticosecale Wittm.) not satisfying the germination standard. It will be in force from 14 January 2008 to 30 April 2008.
- Protocols and procedures for tests and trials: the VCU procedures for Perennial, Italian, Hybrid Ryegrass, Timothy & Festulolium, Red Clover & Lucerne, White Clover and Spring Oilseed Rape for 2008 harvest have been produced.
14 January 2008
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Consultation on revised fees for National Listing and Plant Breeders’ Rights. If you wish to comment on the Government’s proposal to revise NL and PBR fees, would you please do so by e-mail, in writing or by fax, to Diane R Foxen, Plant Variety Rights Office, Whitehouse Lane, Cambridge, CB3 0LF, Fax: 01223 342386, no later than Monday 31 March 2008.
2 January 2008
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UK Seed Certification information letters 2008: SC 1/08
– UK Triticale Seed Derogation.
20 December 2007
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UK Seed Certification information letters 2007
: SC 2/07 has been updated by the addition of hybrid barley to annex 2
13 December 2007
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NL/PBR Information Letter: NL/PBR 4/07
gives details of obligatory characters and their relative importance to be used in decision making for 2008 (herbage, maize, fodder and sugar beet)/additional new style technical questionnaires now available/ closure dates for PVS office in December and January -
Protocols and procedures for tests and trials: the VCU procedures for forage and grain maize for 2008
harvest have been published
21 November 2007
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UK Seed Certification Information letters 2007: SC 7/07 – Official Labels and Forms
16 November 2007
- Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette: November edition
31 October 2007
- Technical Questionnaires for National Listing and Plant Breeders Rights: new forms, which may also be completed interactively, have been produced for Oats, Rose, Soya Bean, Linseed Sunflower and Turnip Rape.
- Seed Certification - manually completed applications: the completed forms should be sent to NIAB, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 OLE accompanied by a cheque, covering the required fee, made payable to 'NIAB/Cert Fee Client A/C'. Please note the address details on the forms have not yet been updated to read 'NIAB'.
25 October 2007
- NL/PBR Information Letter: NL/PBR 3/07 gives details of new Technical Questionnaires, the transposition of EC Directives into UK law and key points regarding NL/PBR applications
- Plant Varieties and Seeds Gazette: October edition
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