Eligible Crop Species for Registration -Phase 1 to 8

In this post, I will take a note on the “eligible Crop species for registration under the PPV&FR Authority”. It is known procedural fact that application(s) for registration of a certain crop species can be filed, if such crop species has been notified by the Central government by exercising its power under the PPV&FR Act, 2001. Earlier, we had reported (here), (here) and (here) about the genesis of Protection of Plant Varieties and farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR) Act, 2001 and crop species eligible for registration. Today, I will report about the all crop species (88) notified by the Central government in following phased manner as under;

Phase 1(Nov 01, 2006):The Central Government has notified Crops species of Rice, Wheat, Maize, Sorghum, Pearl Millet, Pigeon pea, Green bean, Black bean, French bean, Peas, Lentil and Chick pea for commencing registration for PBR in the first phase. Please see the gazette notification (here) for more details.  

Phase 2 (Dec 31, 2007): The Central government has notified crop species of Cotton and Jute with their genera eligible for registration of varieties. Please see the gazette notification (here) for more details.

Phase 3 (Aug. 03, 2009): The Central government has notified crops species of Sugarcane, Ginger and Turmeric with their genera eligible for registration. Please see the gazette notification (here) for more details.

Phase 4(April 30, 2010): The Central Government has notified crop species of Black pepper, Small cardamom, Indian mustard, Rape seed, Sunflower, Safflower, Castor, Sesame, Linseed, Groundnut and Soybean with their genera and species eligible for registration of varieties. Please see the gazette notification (here) for more details.

Phase 5 (Aug. 18, 2011): The Central Government has notified crop species of Wheat, Coconut, Periwinkle, Indian pennywort, Rose, Blond Psyllium and Menthol Mint for the purpose of registration of varieties. Please see the gazette notification (here) for more details.

Phase 6 (March 27,2012): The Central Government has notified crop species of Bamboo Leaf Orchid or Boat Orchid, Spray Orchid or Singapore Orchid, Vanda or Blue Orchid for the purpose of registration of varieties. Please see the gazette notification (here) for more details.

Phase 7 (April 16,2014): The Central Government has notified crop species of  Pomegranate, Orchid, Eucalyptus, Casurina, Bitter Gourd, Bottel Gourd, Cucumber, Pumpkin, Barley, Coriander, Fenugreek, Almond, Apple, Pear, Apricot, Cherry, Walnut, Grapes and Indian jujube (Ber) for the purpose of registration of varieties. Please see the gazette notification (here) for more details.

Phase 8 (October 16, 2014); The Central Government has notified crop species of Tea (3 species), Acid Lime, Mandarin, Sweet Orange, Bougainvillea, Banana and Orchid for the purpose of registration of varieties. Please see the gazette notification (here) for more details.

We hope and believe that some more crop species will be notified in future.