General Introduction to the Examination of Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability and the Development of Harmonized Descriptions of New Varieties of Plants.

Guidelines

26 pages.

The purpose of TG/1/3: "General Introduction to the Examination of Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability and the Development of Harmonized Descriptions of New Varieties of Plants (hereinafter referred to as "the General Introduction"), and the associated series of documents specifying Test Guidelines’ Procedures (hereinafter referred to as "the TGP documents"), is to set out the principles which are used in the examination of DUS. The identification of those principles ensures that examination of new plant varieties is conducted in a harmonized way throughout the members of the Union. This harmonization is important because it facilitates cooperation in DUS testing and also helps to provide effective protection through the development of harmonized, internationally recognized descriptions of protected varieties.

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Geneva, Switzerland : International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

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