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Development of Polish Official Variety Testing
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1951-
Department for Cultivar Testing was established within the Ministry of
Agriculture; at the same time the legal bases for plant breeding and seed
production were elaborated |
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1952 - development of an experimental station
network was started
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1955 - the register of
cultivars for agricultural and vegetable plants was established |
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1966
- Research Centre for Cultivar Testing (COBORU) in Słupia Wielka near Poznań was
officially constituted as a national office responsible for variety testing,
listing and variety legal protection by Decree of the Ministers Council on the
1st January 1966; |
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1987 - the Centre took over all national official duties for variety
listing (National List) and variety protection (Plant Breeders' Right) |
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1989 - Poland became a member of UPOV |
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2004 - Accession to the EU |
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