Software and Equipment for Plant Variety Protection

UPOV members may offer software and equipment they have developed for plant variety protection, subject to any specified conditions (e.g. software provided without installation or on-going maintenance, etc.).

This information may be useful for UPOV members looking for automation and digital solutions for the different steps of plant variety protection.

Jointly developed software, open-source tools, or packages based on commercial software can also be shared, provided intellectual property rights are respected and conditions for supply are clearly stated.

A list of software developed by UPOV members made available to the other members of the Union is outlined in document UPOV/INF/16 on the following categories:
  • Administration of application
  • On-line application systems
  • Variety denomination checking
  • DUS trial design and data analysis
  • Data recording and transfer
  • Image analysis
  • Biochemical and molecular data

Exchangeable software

Software and equipment developed by UPOV members are listed on the following categories:

Date added Program name Programming language Software category and function Source & contact details UPOV member(s) using the software and their application

Software and equipment used by Members of the Union

This page is intended to provide information on the use of software and equipment by UPOV members. Neither UPOV nor the contributing UPOV member are responsible for the performance of the software or equipment.

A list of software and equipment used by UPOV members is presented in document UPOV/INF/22/11.

Date added Title of software/equipment Software category and function Source & contact details UPOV member(s) using the software and their application