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About End Point Royalties
Latest News
Reference Documents
Plant Breeder Rights/End Point Royalty Varieties
        - royalty managers
        - wheat EPR varieties
        - barley EPR varieties 
        - canola EPR varieties
        - pulse EPR varieties
        - other cereals EPR varieties
Factsheets/Legislation
Useful Links
Further Information/Disclaimer

About End Point Royalties
As part of the National EPR Framework, members of the breeding community including breeding organisations, the GRDC and the seed industry have developed with industry a standardised agreement to licence new varieties to growers. The aim of standardising this agreement is to avoid confusion and reduce the number of different contracts currently being used to licence proprietary varieties to growers. The standardised agreements will increasingly be used by breeding organisations and their commercial agents to licence new varieties in the future. Replicate copies of the standardised agreement are on this web site and information about the Industry Standard PBR Licence Agreement can be found in the PBR Fact Sheet.

To view the Industry Standard PBR Licence Agreement template as well as the PBR Fact Sheet, scroll to the bottom of this page and click on the relevant link. 

It is most important that growers realise that different companies controlling the use of plant breeders rights in new varieties can use different terms and conditions. Some key terms and conditions are contained in the schedules to PBR licence agreements. 

For each variety that a grower purchases, the grower needs to check the terms and conditions of the agreement being used to licence the plant breeders rights to the grower, including the schedule to the agreement. If the Industry Standard PBR Licence Agreement is being used, growers should in time become familiar with the terms and conditions in the main body of this agreement because these terms and conditions will remain constant. However, the terms and conditions in the schedules will still vary from company to company and possibly from variety to variety.

Latest News
Ground Cover Issue 77 - November - December 2008 - EPRs designed to share risks and rewards
With 82 per cent of grain growers adopting a new variety in the past five years, the GRDC considers it important that breeders are developing varieties that meet growers’ real needs. 

Reference Documents
Industry Standard PBR Licence Agreement
Industry Standard PBR Licence Agreement - Bag Licence Schedules
Bag Tag Copy
Bag Licence Copy

Plant Breeder Rights/End Point Royalty Varieties

        - royalty managers (updated 15 Febuary 2010)

Abbreviation	Full Company Name	Postal Address	Royalty Manager Contact Officer	Phone	Fax	Email	website
AACT	Australian Agricultural Crop Technologies	Lot 421 Boolcarrol Rd Wee Waa NSW 2388	Debra Carlson	02 67953050	02 67954358	email	webpage
ABB Seeds	ABB Seeds	GPO Box 1169 Adelaide SA 5001	Rachel Paunovic	08 8304 5046		email	webpage
AEXCO	Australian Exporters Company	85 Ray Orr Drv Mt Barker SA 5251	Geoff Cooper	08 83915395	08 83915875	email	website
AGT	Australian Grain Technologies	PMB1 GlenOsmond SA 5064	Vicki Kokolakis	08 83030812	08 83036865	email	website
AWB Seeds	AWB Seeds	PO Box 17 Dimboola VIC 3414	Chris Dunmill	03 53890154	03 53891121	email	website
CBWA	Canola Breeders of Western Australia	Suite102, Lvl1, 964 Mt. Aleaxnder Rd Essendon 3040	Stephanie Osicka	03 93262622	03 93260322	email	website
COGGO	COGGO Seeds	Unit 15/219 Canning Hwy South Perth 6151	Barry Cox	08 93688710	08 93688711	email	webpage
DAFWA	Dept Agric. Fisheries West. Aust.	Locked Bag 4 BentleyDC WA 6983	Paul Hardy	08 93683347	08 93683814	email	webpage
GrainSearch	Grainsearch Pty Ltd	PO Box 1706 Bakery Hill Vic 3354	Michael Porter	0437096015	03 5265 1046	email	webpage
InterGrain	InterGrain Pty Ltd	PO Box 4100, Victoria Park WA 6100	Tresslyn Walmsley	08 93683371	08 93683941	email	webpage
Monsanto	Monsanto Australia Ltd	PO Box 6051 StKilda Rd Central Vic 8008	Kate Lang	03 95227173	03 95226173	email	webpage
NuSeed	NuSeed	PO Box 377 Horsham 3402	Julene Zerbst	1800 993573	1800 302884	email	website
Pacific Seeds	Pacific Seeds Pty Ltd	PO Box 337 Toowoomba, QLD. 4350	Ben Adams	07 46902647	07 46902622	email	webpage
PlantTech	PlantTech Pty Ltd	58-66 Ajax Road, Altona Vic 3018	Vicki Reid	03 83980100	03 839801111	email	webpage

        - wheat EPR varieties (updated 15 Febuary 2010)

Wheat	Wheat Registered	Wheat	Royalty Manager	EPR Rate $/tonne
Common Variety Name	PBR Name	Variety Owner	Charged with EPR Collection	(GST Exclusive)
(all wheat types)	(all wheat types)
Amarok	Amarok	PGG Wrightson	Grainsearch	$1.50
Annuello	Annuello	AVS	PlantTech	$1.65
Arrivato	Arrivato	Heritage and NZICFR	AWB Seeds	$3.00
Axe	Axe	AGT	AGT	$2.50
Babbler	Babbler	NSW DPI	PlantTech	$1.50
Barham	Barham	AVS	ABB Seeds	$2.00
Baxter	Baxter	QDPI	PlantTech	$1.45
Beaufort	Longreach Beaufort	CC Benoist	GrainSearch	$3.00
Bellaroi	EGA Bellaroi	GrainsTrust	PlantTech	$2.50
Bolac	Bolac	AVS	ABB Seeds	$2.10
Bonnie Rock	EGA Bonnie Rock	InterGrain	InterGrain	$2.50
Bounty	EGA Bounty	EGA	NuSeed	$3.00
Binnu	Binnu	InterGrain	NuSeed	$3.00
Braewood	Braewood	AGT	AGT	$1.00 NSW, VIC, QLD, SA
Braewood	Braewood	AGT	AGT	$1.25 WA
Bullaring	Bullaring	InterGrain	InterGrain	$2.50
Bullet	Longreach Bullet	LPB	AWB Seeds	$2.50
Bumper	Bumper	InterGrain	NuSeed	$3.00
Burke	EGA Burke	EGA	AGT	$2.10
Camm	Camm	InterGrain	PlantTech	$0.95
Caparoi	Caparoi	HRZ Wheats	AWB Seeds	$2.60
Carinya	Carinya	AGT	AGT	$2.00
Castle Rock	EGA Castle Rock	InterGrain	InterGrain	$1.67
Catalina	Longreach Catalina	LPB	AWB Seeds	$2.50
Chara	Chara	AVS	AWB Seeds	$1.00
Clearfield JNZ	Clearfield JNZ	InterGrain	InterGrain	$1.12
Clearfield STL	Clearfield STL	InterGrain	InterGrain	$1.12
Combat	GBA Combat	GBA	ABB Seeds	$3.00
Correll	Correll	AGT	AGT	$2.00
Crusader	Longreach Crusader	LPB	AGT	$2.70
Dakota	Longreach Dakota	LPB	AGT	$2.20
Derrimut	Derrimut	Nugrain	NuSeed	$2.95
Drysdale	Drysdale	CSIRO	AWB Seeds	$1.00
Eagle Hawk	Eagle Hawk	NSW DPI	PlantTech	$2.50
Eagle Rock	EGA Eagle Rock	InterGrain	InterGrain	$2.50
EGA2248	EGA2248	InterGrain	InterGrain	$3.62
Ellison	Ellison	AGT	AGT	$2.00
Endure	Endure	InterGrain	NuSeed	$3.00
Espada	Espada	AGT	AGT	$2.50
Fang	Fang	AGT	AGT	$3.00
Fortune	Fortune	InterGrain	NuSeed	$3.00
Gascoigne	Gascoigne	HRZ Wheats	AWB Seeds	$3.50
Giles	Giles	QDPI	PlantTech	$1.00
Gladius	Gladius	AGT	AGT	$2.50
Goldmark	Goldmark	AVS	AWB Seeds	$1.00
Gregory	EGA Gregory	EGA	AGT	$2.10
Guardian	LongReach Guardian	LPB	AWB Seeds	$2.50
Harrismith	Harrismith	InterGrain	InterGrain	$1.12
H45	H45	AGT	AGT	$1.00 NSW, VIC, QLD
H45	H45	AGT	AGT	$1.25 SA, WA
H46	H46	AGT	AGT	$1.00
Hornet	LongReach Hornet	LPB	ABB Seeds	$2.50
Hume	EGA Hume	QDPI	AWB Seeds	$1.00
Hunter	GBA Hunter	GBA	ABB Seeds	$1.00
Hyperno	Hyperno	AGT	AGT	$3.00
Jandaroi	Jandaroi	NSW DPI	AWB Seeds	$2.50
Jitarning	EGA Jitarning	InterGrain	InterGrain	$2.70
Kalka	Kalka	AGT	AGT	$1.50
Katana	AGT Katana	AGT	AGT	$3.00
Kennedy	Kennedy	QDPI	PlantTech	$1.45
King Rock	King Rock	Intergrain	NuSeed	$3.00
Kukri	Kukri	ARI	AWB Seeds	$1.00
Lang	Lang	QDPI	AWB Seeds	$1.00
Lincoln	LongReach Lincoln	NZICFR	AGT	$2.50
Livingston	Livingston	AGT	AGT	$2.50
Mace	Mace	AGT	AGT	$3.00
Magenta	Magenta	InterGrain	NuSeed	$3.00
Marombi	Marombi	AGT	AGT	$1.00
Merinda	Merinda	AGT	AGT	$2.50
Mitre	Mitre	AVS	PlantTech	$1.50
Mulgara	Mulgara	NSW DPI	PlantTech AGT	$1.40
Naparoo	Naparoo	AGT	NuSeed	$2.50
Peake	Peake	Nugrain	AWB Seeds	$2.95
Petrie	Petrie	QDPI	AWB Seeds	$1.00
Preston	Preston	HRZ Wheats	PlantTech	$3.50
Pugsley	Pugsley	AGT/SARDI	AWB Seeds	$1.50
Rees	Rees	CSIRO	GrainSearch	$1.50
Revenue	Revenue	Ausgrainz	PlantTech	T.B.C.
Ruby	GBA Ruby	GBA	AGT	$3.00
Saintly	Saintly	AGT	COGGO Seeds	$3.00
Sapphire	GBA Sapphire	GBA	AGT	$3.00
Scythe	AGT Scythe	AGT	AWB Seeds	$1.50
Sentinel	Sentinel3R	CC Benoist	NuSeed	$1.80
Stampede	EGA Stampede	EGA	PlantTech	$3.00
Strzelecki	Strzelecki	QDPI	AGT	$1.00
Sunvex	Sunvex	AGT	AGT	$2.75
Sunzell	Sunzell	AGT	InterGrain	$2.00
Tammarin Rock	Tammarin Rock	InterGrain	Elders	$2.50
Teesdale	Teesdale	PGG Wrightson	AGT	$3.00
Thornbill	Thornbill	NSW DPI	AGT	$1.00
Ventura	Ventura	AGT	AGT	$2.00
Waagan	Waagan	QLD DPI	AWB Seeds	$3.00
Wedgetail	EGA Wedgetail	NSW DPI	AGT	$1.45
Wentworth	EGA Wentworth	EGA	AGT	$2.10
Wills	EGA Wills	EGA	AGT	$2.10
Wylie	EGA Wylie	EGA	InterGrain	$2.10
Wyalkatchem	Wyalkatchem	InterGrain	PlantTech	$1.92
Wylah	Wylah	NSW DPI	NuSeed	$1.00
Yandanooka	Yandanooka	InterGrain	ABB Seeds	$3.00
Yenda	Yenda	AVS		$2.00
Yitpi	Yitpi	ARI	AWB Seeds	$1.00
Young	Young	AVS	ABB Seeds	$1.70
Zebu	Zebu	AGT	AGT	$2.50
Zippy	Zippy	InterGrain	NuSeed	$3.00
Zulu	Zulu	AGT	AGT	$2.50

 
       - barley EPR varieties  (updated 15 Febuary 2010)

Barley	Barley	Barley	Royalty Manager	EPR Rate $/tonne
Common Variety Name	Registered PBR Name	Variety Owner	Charged with EPR Collection	(GST Exclusive)
(all barley types)	(all barley types)
Ballan*		PGG Wrightson	Elders	$3.00
Baudin ( WA Malt)	Baudin	DAFWA	DAFWA	$3.00
Baudin (WA Feed)	Baudin	DAFWA	DAFWA	$1.00
Baudin ( Eastern States Malt)	Baudin	DAFWA	AWB Seeds	$3.50
Baudin (Eastern States Feed)	Baudin	DAFWA	AWB Seeds	$1.50
Binalong	Binalong	NSW DPI	ABB Seeds	$1.35
Buloke	Buloke	AVS	AWB Seeds	$2.00
Capstan	Capstan	Uni of Adelaide	ABB Seeds	$1.50
Commander	Commander	Uni of Adelaide	ABB Seeds	$3.80
Cowabbie	Cowabbie	NSW DPI	ABB Seeds	$1.70
Dash	Dash	Heritage Seeds	ABB Seeds	$1.80
Dhow	Dhow	Uni of Adelaide	ABB Seeds	$1.70
Doolup	Doolup	DAFWA	DAFWA	$0.45
Fairview	Fairview	Malteurop	Grainsearch	$3.00
Flagship Feed	Flagship	Uni of Adelaide	ABB Seeds	$1.50
Flagship Malt	Flagship	Uni of Adelaide	ABB Seeds	$1.80
Fitzroy	Fitzroy	AVS	AWB Seeds	$2.00
Fleet	Fleet Australia	Uni of Adelaide	ABB Seeds	$1.50
Grout	Grout	QDPI&F	AWB Seeds	$2.00
GS1234*		PGG Wrightson	Grainsearch	$2.00
Hamelin (Malt)	Hamelin	DAFWA	DAFWA	$3.00
Hamelin (Feed)	Hamelin	DAFWA	DAFWA	$1.00
Hannan	Hannan	DAFWA	COGGO Seeds	$1.50
Hindmarsh	Hindmarsh	AVS	AWB Seeds	$1.50
Lockyer	Lockyer	DAFWA	COGGO Seeds	$1.50
Mackay	Mackay	QDPI&F	ABB Seeds	$1.65
Maritime	Maritime	Uni of Adelaide	ABB Seeds	$1.50
Roe	Roe	DAFWA	COGGO Seeds	$1.50
Shepherd	Shepherd	QDPI&F	AWB Seeds	$2.30
Sloop SA	Sloop SA	Uni of Adelaide	ABB Seeds	$1.70
Sloop Vic	Sloop Vic	AVS	ABB Seeds	$1.70
Unicorn	Unicorn	Kirin	Planttech	$1.50
Vlamingh Malt	Vlamingh	DAFWA	COGGO Seeds	$3.50
Vlamingh Feed	Vlamingh	DAFWA	COGGO Seeds	$1.50
Yarra	Yarra	AVS	ABB Seeds	$1.50

        - canola EPR varieties (updated 15 Febuary 2010)

Canola	Canola	Canola	Canola	Royalty Manager	EPR Rate $/tonne (GST Exclusive)
Common Variety Name	Registered PBR Name	Type	Variety Owner	Charged with EPR Collection
46Y20	46Y20	RR	Pioneer	Monsanto	$13.20
CB Argyle	Argyle	standard	CBWA  Pty Ltd	COGGO Seeds	$5.00
CB Boomer	Boomer	standard	CBWA  Pty Ltd	COGGO Seeds	$5.00
CB Eclipse	Eclipse	RR	CBWA  Pty Ltd	Monsanto	$13.20
CB Scaddan	CB Scaddan	TT	CBWA	COGGO Seeds	$5.00
CB Tanami	Tanami	standard	CBWA  Pty Ltd	COGGO Seeds	$5.00
CB Telfer	CB Telfer	TT	CBWA	COGGO Seeds	$5.00
CB Tribune	Tribune	standard	CBWA  Pty Ltd	COGGO Seeds	$5.00
CB Trigold	Trigold	standard	CBWA  Pty Ltd	COGGO Seeds	$5.00
CB Trilogy	Trilogy	standard	CBWA  Pty Ltd	COGGO Seeds	$5.00
Dune	Dune	Juncea	AVS/Viterra	Pacific Seeds	$7.00
GT Cougar	GT Cougar	RR	NuSeed	Monsanto	$13.20
GT Mustang	GT Mustang	RR	NuSeed	Monsanto	$13.20
GT Scorpion	GT Scorpion	RR	NuSeed	Monsanto	$13.20
GT61	GT61	RR	NuSeed	Monsanto	$13.20
H5R	Hyola502RR	RR	PacSeeds	Monsanto	$13.20
H6R	Hyola601RR	RR	PacSeeds	Monsanto	$13.20
Oasis CL	Oasis CL	Juncea - Clearfield	AVS/Viterra	Pacific Seeds	$7.00
Sahara CL	Sahara CL	Juncea - Clearfield	AVS/Viterra	Pacific Seeds	$7.00
Tranby	Tranby		DAFWA	DAFWA	$3.13

       - pulse EPR varieties (updated 15 Febuary 2010)

Pulse	Pulse	Pulse	Royalty Manager	EPR Rate $/tonne
Variety Name	Crop Type	Variety Owner	Charged with EPR Collection	(GST Exclusive)
Almaz	chickpea	COGGO	Coggo Seeds	$6.50
Andromeda	lupin	DAFWA	Coggo Seeds	$3.75
Boomer	lentil	AVS	AWB Seeds	$5.00
Bundi	Field pea	AVS	Premier Seeds	$5.00
Cairo	faba bean	NSW DPI	ABB Seeds	$3.00
Coromup	lupin	DAFWA	DAFWA	$1.67
Doza	faba bean	NSW DPI	ABB Seeds	$3.30
Farah	faba bean	Uni of Adelaide	PlantTech	$3.00
Flipper	chickpea	NSW DPI	AWB Seeds	$3.00
Genesis 090*	chickpea	AVS	AACT	$5.00
Genesis 425*	chickpea	AVS	AACT	$5.00
Genesis 509*	chickpea	AVS	AACT	$5.00
Helena	Field pea	DAFWA	DAFWA	$1.20
Jenabillup	lupin	DAFWA	DAFWA	$2.30
Jindalee	lupin	NSW DPI	AWB Seeds	$1.25
Kaspa	Field pea	AVS	AWB Seeds	$2.00
Luxor	lupin	NSW DPI	ABB Seeds	$2.80
Mandelup	lupin	DAFWA	DAFWA	$2.30
Maki (AP18)	Blue Pea	Plant Research NZ	AGT	$4.00
Moti	chickpea	DAFWA	AWB Seeds	$2.50
Nafice	chickpea	COGGO	Coggo Seeds	$6.50
Nipper	lentil	AVS	AWB Seeds	$5.00
Nugget	lentil	AVS	PlantTech	$5.00
Nura	faba bean	Uni of Adelaide	AWB Seeds	$3.00
PBA Bounty	lentil	AVS	PB Seeds	$5.00
PBA Flash	lentil	AVS	PB Seeds	$5.00
PBA Slasher	chickpea	NSW DII	AWB Seeds	$4.00
PBA HatTrick	chickpea	NSW DII	AWB Seeds	$4.00
PBA Kareema	broad bean	Uni of Adelaide	Keith Seeds	$4.00
Quilinock	lupin	DAFWA	DAFWA	$0.95
Rosetta	lupin	NSW DPI	ABB Seeds	$2.80
SW Celine	Field pea	SW Seeds	CCST	$3.00
Tanjil	lupin	DAFWA	DAFWA	$0.85
Tiara	lentil	AVS	AWB Seeds	$8.00
Wodjil	lupin	DAFWA	DAFWA	$0.75
Yarrum	Field pea	NSW DPI	AGT Seeds	$4.00
Yorker	chickpea	NSW DPI	AWB Seeds	$3.00

        - other cereals EPR varieties (updated 15 Febuary 2010)

Other Cereals	Other Cereals	Other Cereals	Royalty Manager	EPR Rate $/tonne
Registered PBR Name	Type	Variety Owner	Charged with EPR Collection	(GST Exclusive)
Bogong	Triticale	UNE	ABB Seeds	$2.20
Brusher#	Hay Oat	SARDI	AEXCO	$1.00
Canobolas	Triticale	UNE	ABB Seeds	$2.20
Hawkeye	Triticale	AGT	AGT	$2.50
Kangaroo#	Hay Oat	SARDI	AEXCO	$1.00
Jaywick	Triticale	AGT	AGT	$2.50
Kojonup	Milling Oat	DAFWA	COGGO Seeds	$2.25
Mitika	Milling Oat	SARDI	PlantTech	$2.00
Prime322	Triticale	Syd Uni	AGT	$1.00
Possum	Milling Oat	SARDI	AWB Seeds	$1.70
Wintaroo#	Hay Oat	SARDI	AEXCO	$1.00
Yallara	Milling Oat	SARDI	ABB Seeds	$2.00
# please note a royalty of $1/tonne (GST exclusive) also applies to hay produced for export from these AEXCO varieties

Factsheets/Legislation

PBR Factsheet (4.96 MB, PDF)
To help balance the interests of owners of Plant Breeder’s Rights (PBR) and grain growers, members of industry have produced a standard seed licence agreement called the Industry Standard PBR Licence Agreement. The Industry Standard PBR Licence Agreement is for use between owners of plant breeder’s rights in new varieties (or their authorised agents) and grain growers. It is anticipated that the majority of PBR owners will switch to this agreement as they commercialise new varieties in the future.

Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994
An Act to provide for the granting of proprietary rights to breeders of certain new varieties of plants and fungi, to repeal the Plant Variety Rights Act 1987, and for related purposes

Useful Links

Australian Exporters Company (AEXCO)
Australian Exporters Company or AEXCO is a not for profit organisation that represents the majority of export hay processors located in South Australia, Western Australia, Victoria, and southern New South Wales. The company was formed to tender for commercialising rights for new oat hay variety releases.

Australian Grain Technologies (AGT)
Australian Grain Technologies (AGT) is Australia’s largest wheat breeding company. AGT and its predecessors have more than a century of experience in plant breeding, plant breeding related research, and commercial variety development. 

Australian Seed Federation (ASF)
The ASF is focused on meeting the needs of its members by: 
- Working for the development and improvement of agriculture and horticulture as such activities relate to the research, development, production, marketing and end use of sowing seed.
- Negotiating and cooperating with appropriate bodies in Australia and internationally on issues and decisions, which affect the seed industry.
- Promoting export trade in Australian produced seeds as a reliable producer and exporter of high quality seeds.

AWB Seeds
AWB Seeds is a division of AWB Limited, Australia's largest grain based agribusiness. AWB Limited plays a key role in the grains industry, and has a strong history in the marketing of grains both domestically and internationally.

ABB Seeds
ABB is involved in seed commercialisation through ABB Seeds, which owns seed commercialisation rights to 26 field crop varieties, across barley, wheat, pulses and oilseeds.

Barley Breeding Australia (BBA)
BBA coordinates Australia’s public barley breeding investment, underpinning a world competitive, cost effective, barley breeding program serving the needs of Australian barley growers, and domestic and international end users.

Canola Breeders Western Australia Pty Ltd
Canola Breeders Western Australia Pty Ltd represents a unique private partnership between growers, GRDC and The University of Western Australia, linked to international plant breeding and commercial expertise(NPZ).  CBWA operates commercially and competitively to develop canola varieties that add value to the production chain and are the varieties of choice for growers in Western Australia, in other regions of Australia and in suitable environments internationally. 

Council of Grain Grower Organisations (COGGO) Seeds
The Council of Grain Grower Organisations (COGGO) is an initiative of Western Australian grain growers committed to increasing the role of growers in directing, managing and financing the breeding of improved crop varieties.

Crop Care Seed Technologies
A newly formed division of leading crop protection company, Crop Care Australasia, Seed Technologies is now responsible for providing Australian farmers with a large proportion of new advancements in seed technology. Crop Care Seed Technologies has the ability to source new material from a vast genetic supply chain, encompassing all major Australian field crops along with many specialty and niche market crops. 

Grainsearch
In 2002, 30 farmers in South West Victoria agreed to provide funding for five years to support a program to evaluate and multiply superior cereal varieties. Grainsearch Pty Ltd was formed and the farmers became shareholders.

HRZ Wheats Pty Ltd
CSIRO is developing high-yielding, disease-resistant, milling-quality wheat varieties for Australia's high rainfall zones, through its joint venture company HRZ Wheats Pty Ltd. 

Intergrain
InterGrain's shareholders (the Government of Western Australia and GRDC), the InterGrain board, management of InterGrain and the Department of Agriculture and Food breeding team are all committed to building on previous success to provide a high-performance, cereal crop breeding service to the Australian grains industry.

IP Australia Plant Breeders Rights (PBR)
The official Australian site for Plant Breeder's Rights (PBR).Varieties protected by PBR may only be produced for sale, sold, imported, exported or conditioned with the authority of the owner. This page contains the plant varieties journal, PBR database, Interactive Variety Description System (IVDS) and examples of varieties using the PBR system.

LongReach Plant Breeders
LongReach’s national wheat breeding program is designed to deliver grain growers robust, high yielding and disease resistant varieties in each of the key production zones of the Australian wheat belt. This will also provide more consistent agronomic and quality performance across regions.

National Agricultural Commodities Marketing Association (NACMA)
NACMA, through its Committee system, develop and subsequently publish Trade Rules for grain contracts. These rules reflect trade practice and facilitate trade between members and overcome trade disputes by setting the ground rules before trading is initiated.

Pacific Seeds
With over 45 years on the Australian agricultural scene, Pacific Seeds has demonstrated its commitment to bringing the best plant genetics and seed technology to Australia’s farming community.

PlantTech Pty Ltd
PlantTech is the largest Australian field crop, canola and pasture Seed Company, with an unsurpassed product range of leading proprietary cereal, oilseed, pasture, pulse and forage varieties, plus access to a comprehensive range of public varieties.  PlantTech products and services are offered through five integrated divisions: Seed Production, Sales and Marketing, Customer Service, Commercial Management and Operations, ensuring that the best service and expertise is provided to all our customers 

Pulse Breeding Australia
Pulse Breeding Australia (PBA) is an unincorporated joint venture between the GRDC, Pulse Australia, the University of Adelaide, the SA Research and Development Institute (SARDI), the Victorian Department of Primary Industries (DPI VIC), the NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSWDPI), the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (QDPI&F) and the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA).

Further Information
Denis McGrath
Seedvise Pty Ltd
Phone: 0408 688 478
E-mail

Andreas Betzner
GRDC Manager Wheat and Barley Breeding
PO Box 5367
Kingston ACT 2604
Phone: (02) 6166 4500
Fax: (02) 6166 4599
E-mail

DISCLAIMER

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