What is GENIE?
These codes enhance the usefulness of the UPOV Plant Variety Database (PLUTO Database), allowing users to search for crops, regardless of the language and alphabet used by different data contributors.
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Frequently asked questions
In GENIE you can search for:
- UPOV codes attributed to different plant taxa in UPOV members.
- UPOV codes attributed to horticultural crops, regardless of common names in different languages. (eg: the UPOV code “SOLAN_TUB” applies to varieties of “Potato” in English, “Pomme de terre” in French and other languages used by data contributors in the PLUTO database
- Status of plant variety protection for different plant taxa in UPOV members.
- DUS testing experience for different plant taxa.
- Availability of UPOV Test Guidelines.
- Variety denomination classes.
GENERAL NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER
Please note that the information provided by members of the Union in the GENIE database does not constitute an official publication of the authorities concerned. Users are particularly requested to note that it is not obligatory for members of the Union to supply data for the GENIE database and, for those members of the Union who supply data, it is not obligatory to supply data for all items. Contact details for the relevant authorities are provided on the UPOV website.
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- List of Genera and Species for which Authorities have Practical Experience in the Examination of Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability
- Cooperation in Examination
- List of the Taxa Protected by the Members of the Union
- List of UPOV Codes with Botanical and Common Names, Technical Working Party(s) (TWPs) and Crop Type(s)
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