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How to apply for variety listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in Great Britain (GB) and Northern Ireland (NI).
Variety description forms for applications to add amateur vegetables to the national list.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
Travel and clinical advice on yellow fever including symptoms, diagnosis and epidemiology.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
How much it costs to apply for plant breeders’ rights or to add a new plant variety to the Variety Lists.
Protocols and procedures for testing the value for cultivation or use (VCU) of agricultural crops.
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.
Form to apply to be a maintainer of a plant variety on the Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland (NI) Variety List.
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