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News from the January 2022 Maize and Sorghum Section
8/03/2022
At its meeting on 14 January, the CTPS Maize and Sorghum Section studied the conclusions of tests conducted on maize […]
New CTPS Technical Questionnaires for 9 vegetable species harmonised with those of the CPVO
26/11/2021
In collaboration with the CPVO, our EU counterparts and breeding institutions, new Technical Questionnaires for national listing via the CTPS […]
Launch of new Seeds and Plants for Sustainable Agriculture plan (SPAD): a new version of the plan for agro-ecology, climate change adaptation and food sovereignty
8/11/2021
On 8 November 2021, the Minister of Agriculture and Food announced the new plan “Seeds and Plants for Sustainable Agriculture” […]
News from the CTPS “Ornamental, Perfume, Aromatic & Medicinal Plants” section
26/10/2021
The ‘Ornamental, Perfume, Aromatic & Medicinal Plants’ section (POPAM) was held on 8 October at GEVES in Brion. The section […]
Feedback from the CTPS Cereals Section
6/09/2021
The Cereals Section met on 22 July. On the agenda: validation of the results of ongoing DUS and VCUS studies, […]
Meeting of CTPS Rapeseed Section – 30/07/2021
3/09/2021
Despite the late harvest of 2021 and the impossibility of proposing the registration of rapeseed varieties in list A of […]
Back from March meeting of the CTPS Vegetable Species Section
3/06/2021
At its meeting on 29 March 2021, the CTPS Vegetable Species Section validated the proposed registration of 6 varieties (cauliflower, […]
Scientific expertise and a research project to make varietal innovation a major lever of agroecological transition.
4/12/2020
The plenary Committee of Permanent Technical Committee for Plant Breeding (CTPS) requested his Scientific Committee to bring responses to the […]
Return of the CTPS Section “Protein crops” from 12/11/2020 : a year rich in number of variety registrations and diversity despite difficult climatic conditions
4/12/2020
The 2019-2020 protein crop season has been complicated, both in climatic and health terms, with production declining at the French […]
Sugar beet : unprecedented virus yellows expression
3/12/2020
The CTPS “beets and industrial chicory” Section met on October 15, 2020 in a context of unprecedented virus yellows expression […]
CTPS Fruit Crop Meeting
29/10/2020
At the latest meeting of the CTPS Fruit Crops Section, discussions largely focused on two new EU regulations: the Plant […]
Maize and Sorghum CTPS Section meeting, 29 September 2020
5/10/2020
At its remote meeting on 29/09, the Maize and Sorghum CTPS Section was pleased to note an increase in the […]
End to national listing of varieties in the public domain for amateur use: what exactly is the situation?
4/09/2020
Law n° 2020-699 of 10 June 2020 relating to the transparency of information on agricultural and food products means it […]
Changes in regulations for national listing of common wheat varieties intended for Organic Agriculture
4/09/2020
At its meeting on 23 July, the CTPS cereals group validated changes in the VCUS testing procedure for new varieties […]
News from the Grapevine Section of the CTPS
1/09/2020
At a virtual meeting on 9 July 2020, the Grapevine Section of the CTPS: – Submitted the Enfariné noir variety […]
New VCU experimental system for national listing of common winter wheat varieties
28/06/2019
As from August 2019, breeders will have the choice between three experimental networks instead of two for the registration of […]
CTPS Plenary Committee: a time for assessment
28/06/2019
Gathered on May 23rd, the Plenary Committee of the CTPS shared some of the milestones of its 2014-2019 term, guided by […]