Federal Plant Variety Office approves 20 new varieties of maize in Germany

As the federal authority responsible for plant variety protection and variety approval in Germany, the Federal Plant Variety Office has concluded the annual approval negotiations for maize varieties. A total of 20 varieties have been newly approved and described nationally. A total of six maize varieties have been described for silo maize and maize for biogas production, three for grain maize and eleven maize varieties in the combination of all forms of utilization. The new varieties are approved in accordance with the provisions of the Seed Marketing Act. The prerequisite for the approval of a new variety is that it shows an improvement in its cultivation and processing properties compared to varieties that have already been approved. For this purpose, the newly bred varieties are checked for their regional cultural value in the national value test by the Federal Plant Variety Office and then negotiated before the Plant Variety Committee. After successful approval, the variety ...