@article{49799,
      recid = {49799},
      title = {Seminar on the Interaction between Plant Variety  Protection and the use of Plant Breeding Technologies.},
      pages = {231 pages ;},
      abstract = {UPOV’s mission is to provide and promote an effective  system of plant variety protection, with the aim of  encouraging the development of new varieties of plants for  the benefit of society. A new variety should go through  Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability (DUS) testing before  authorization for use as in a main crop. In general, DUS  testing of main crops requires varieties that are  genetically homozygous and that have an identity. As we  know that hybrid varieties such as maize and tomato hybrids  can be developed by crossing two homozygous inbred lines,  hybrids show strong heterosis, which is beneficial for  yield improvement. For non-hybrid crops, such as wheat,  homozygous lines are also necessary for developing new  varieties. Thus, in both hybrid and non-hybrid varieties,  breeding of the homozygous lines are an essential  procedure.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/49799},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.34667/tind.49799},
}