Session: Symposium--Germplasm Exchange and the Future of Plant Breeding

Division: ASA Section: Canadian Society of Agronomy

Title: Symposium--Germplasm Exchange and the Future of Plant Breeding

Organizer: Helen Mary Booker
Moderator: Andrew Burt
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Format: Oral Topical Session
Keywords: Germplasm Exchange, Material Transfer Protocols, Plant Breeding and UPOV'91

Session Description: This session addresses many plant breeders’ questions around intellectual property (IP) considerations under UPOV ’91, an agreement that does not mention germplasm sharing as such and is more about granting royalties; however, the one impacts the other, especially at the institutional level and above.