TY - GEN T1 - Seminar on the nature of and rationale for the protection of plant varieties under the UPOV Convention :Kuala-Lumpur, December 1, 1994. LA - eng N1 - organized by the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture of Malaysia and with the financial assistance of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan; Table of Contents : Opening Address : Barry Greengrass, Vice Secretary-General of UPOV; Welcome Address : Mr. Kamaruzzaman Haji Alias, Deputy Director General of Agriculture, Malaysia; 1st Session : Introduction to and general information on plant variety protection : GREENGRASS, Barry. What is Plant Variety Protection; TABATA, Makoto. Technical criteria for protection; 2nd Session : Development in the field of plant variety protection and experience of and views on plant variety protection in the Member States of UPOV : GREENGRASS, Barry. The 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention; TANAKA, Hiroki. Plant variety protection in Japan; WHITMORE, Bill. Plant variety protection in New Zealand; 3rd Session : Malaysia : HAN HEE CHAN. Plant variety protection : a Malaysian perspective;. ID - 20800 KW - PLANT VARIETIES PROTECTION : UPOV CONVENTION KW - UPOV CONVENTION : PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES KW - UPOV PUBLICATIONS : UPOV CONVENTION : PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES SN - 9280506129 TI - Seminar on the nature of and rationale for the protection of plant varieties under the UPOV Convention :Kuala-Lumpur, December 1, 1994. ER -