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.
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.
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;.