@article{19799, note = {Organized by the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) in cooperation with the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF); Table of Contents : Opening Address : Barry Greengrass, Vice Secretary-General of UPOV; Welcome Address : Ko?ji Mino, Director, Seeds and Seedlings Division, Agricultural Production Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan; 1. GREENGRASS, Barry. What is Plant Variety Protection; 2. TABATA, Makoto. Overview of Plant Variety Protection in the World (Form of Protection and of Examination, International Cooperation); 3. MATSUMOTO, Kunimasa. Tasks of Plant Variety Protection Offices (Procedure for the Registration of Plant Varieties); 4. YAMAMOTO, Susumu. The Technical Examination of New Plant Varieties under the UPOV Convention; UPOV Test Guidelines; 5. BOERINGER, Dirk. Developments in Biotechnology and the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention; 6. AKAMA, Yoshihiro. The Role of Public Research Institutes in Plant Breeding in Japan in Relation to Rice Varieties; 7. Structure and Nature of the Seed and Plant Breeding Industries and Regulatory Arrangements of the Seed Industry in Asian and Pacific Countries : 8. MONMA, Shingi. The Role of Public Research Institutes in Plant Breeding in Japan in Relation to Vegetable Varieties; 9. KANEBO, Seijuro. Plant Variety Protection in Japan for Vegetable Varieties; 10.LLYOD, Henry. Plant Variety Protection in Australia;.}, url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/19799}, title = {Regional seminar on the nature of and rationale for the protection of plant varieties under the UPOV Convention : Tsukuba, Japan, November 12 to 15, 1991.}, recid = {19799}, pages = {1 volume (various paging) ;}, }