Federal Plant Variety Office (BSA)
The Bundessortenamt is an independant senior federal authority under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. It is responsible for granting of Plant Breeders' Rights, the registration of varieties in the National List and for variety and seed affairs. To the functions of the Bundessortenamt belongs also the co-operation at the advancement variety and seeds-legal framework on national and to international level. The Bundessortenamt has 13 trial stations for variety testing throughout Germany, with about 630 ha of agricultural land in the various cultivation and climatic regions. Approximately 15,000 m² are available for greenhouse cultivation. Further tests are carried out at 450 trial sites in the Federal Lands or on the basis of bilateral agreements at test sites belonging to other UPOV-member
Address
Federal Plant Variety Office (BSA)
Osterfelddamm 80
30627 Hannover
Lower Saxony
Phone: 0511 9566-5
Fax: 0511 563362
email: BSA(@)bundessortenamt.de
Activities:
- Research
- Funding
Coordinated projects
- Value for Cultivation and Use (VCU) testing under organic conditions Details of Value for Cultivation and Use (VCU) testing under organic conditions
Involved in research projects:
- Analysis of rapeseed hydrids with regard to the challenge of differentiation by using molecular markers Details of Analysis of rapeseed hydrids with regard to the challenge of differentiation by using molecular markers
- Control of Fusarium in maize Mykotoxinreduktion Details of Control of Fusarium in maize Mykotoxinreduktion
- Elaboration of scientific principles for the in-situ and on-farm management of genetic resources of agricultural and horticultural crops Details of Elaboration of scientific principles for the in-situ and on-farm management of genetic resources of agricultural and horticultural crops
- Harmonization of resistance tests to diseases for DUS testing Details of Harmonization of resistance tests to diseases for DUS testing
- Investigation and description of the phenological growth stages of mono- and dicotyledonous plants (BBCH code). Details of Investigation and description of the phenological growth stages of mono- and dicotyledonous plants (BBCH code).
- Investigations on characterization and disease effects of viruses on fruit crops and grapevine (e.g. little cherry, latent viruses of apple, vector-borne viruses of strawberry, leafroll disease of grapevine) Details of Investigations on characterization and disease effects of viruses on fruit crops and grapevine (e.g. little cherry, latent viruses of apple, vector-borne viruses of strawberry, leafroll disease of grapevine)
- Resistance of varieties of vegetables, medicinal plants and spice plants against pathogens, race analysis (eg downy mildew on lettuce), collaborative investigations by the national working group 'Resistances and Tolerances in Vegetables (IRTG)' Details of Resistance of varieties of vegetables, medicinal plants and spice plants against pathogens, race analysis (eg downy mildew on lettuce), collaborative investigations by the national working group 'Resistances and Tolerances in Vegetables (IRTG)'