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Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
How to apply for national listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Variety description forms for applications to add amateur vegetables to the national list.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
The seeds which must be certified before you can market them, how to get them certified and how to get a licence for your seed business.
The Tribunal makes decisions about national listing of new varieties of plants, UK plant variety rights and certain forestry matters. PVST is a tribunal of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs .
Get help to classify rice and related products for direct human consumption for import and export.
Protocols and procedures for testing the value for cultivation or use (VCU) of agricultural crops.
How to deal with threats - like grey squirrels and rhododendron - to protect native species and habitats in woodlands.
What conservation translocations are, and how and why they might take place in England.
Weekend full of fun activities for the family. Includes unique opportunity to see the 200-year-old-plus Nereis Britannica by Cornish botanist John Stackhouse
Find out about pests and diseases that could be affecting your trees.
Guidance, application forms and protocols for plant breeders' rights, national listing, seed certification and farmed saved seed.
What you need to do if you keep, grow, find or sell certain invasive plant species and your responsibilities to prevent their spread.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Guidance on the Genetic Modification Inspectorate (GMI) seed audit programme for companies in England that import, produce or market seed.
How to use a quasi-experimental study to evaluate your digital health product.
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