GEVES Brion station applies differentiated management of green spaces. Differentiated management is a method of maintaining green spaces that differs […]

Renewed for 3 years, this accreditation recognises the competence of the GEVES teams and guarantees the quality and reliability of […]

This 18-month project, financed by the CPVO and conducted in collaboration with Bundessortenamt (Germany), aims to genotype the national reference […]

For more than 10 years, GEVES (BioGEVES) has been investigating alternative analytical technologies such as near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and […]

Three years after the PathoLED workshop, the effect of LED lights has been tested on new pathosystems. The data collected […]

The CPVO organised a European seminar on 28 April 2022 with the theme “Plant Variety Protection: the path towards more […]

In light of the French Presidency of the EU Council, the French Ministry of Agriculture organised a meeting of the […]

Orobanche cumana, also known as broomrape, is a parasitic plant that attaches itself to the roots of its host, in […]

Since 2018, the ISTA Reference Pest List project aims to revise the repertoire of seed-borne pests in about 50 non-vegetable […]

Lettuce wilting is an important disease in production areas. Race 1 is presently used in DUS, and in 2016, a […]

Seedborne pathogen contamination is an important issue for seed quality. Considerable damage can be produced in the following crop, and […]

The ISTA Seed Health Committee (SHC) organised a Seed Health Online training on 18th and 25th February 2022. More than […]

In 2021, GEVES conducted 18% of the plant variety tests (DUS) which formed the basis for an EU plant variety […]

Within the framework of the collaboration between examination offices and sharing of experiences, two experts from the Belgian examination office, […]

In February 2022, a new international DUS cooperation agreement  was signed between GEVES and the Italian examination office CREA DC […]

Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) is the second most produced oilseed crop in the world and its cultivation is constantly increasing. […]

Harmorescoll aims to improve the availability of reference material (controls, differential hosts, isolates) in DUS resistance testing. Once a year, […]

The GEVES now offers a high-throughput rapid SE-PCR testing service for the detection of Acidovorax citrulli in melon, watermelon, and […]

At the end of October, the president of CPVO validated co-funding for the project:  “Updating DUS resistance tests according to […]

In collaboration with the CPVO, our EU counterparts and breeding institutions, new Technical Questionnaires for national listing via the CTPS […]

The first provisional summaries of the post-registration network have just been published: https://link.yvoir.fr/T/OFSYS/SM3/1443/2/S/F/17265517/2989655/ydCpwIJN.html It is also possible to consult the […]

The ‘Ornamental, Perfume, Aromatic & Medicinal Plants’ section (POPAM) was held on 8 October at GEVES in Brion.  The section […]

The final meeting of the SNP oilseed rape project, co-funded by the CPVO and coordinated by GEVES, was held by […]

GEVES, ARVALIS (French arable crops R&D institute) and UFS (French seed association for seed companies & plant breeders) have joined […]

After more than a year as the only laboratory approved by the Ministry of Agriculture for the detection of ToBRFV […]

For the milling industry, wheat varieties and their combinations play a key role in flour quality. It is important to […]

On 1 June, following the epidemiological study led by IBEB (International Bremia Evaluation Board), the new race of lettuce downy mildew Bremia lactucae Bl: 37EU was […]

The Organic World Congress will be held in Rennes from 6-10 September 202. It is organised by IFOAM (International Federation […]

The new EU Organic Agriculture Regulation adopted in 2018 will be implemented from 2022. The measures introduced by this new […]

With growing activity at the Brion and Cavaillon stations dedicated to the study of new varieties of vegetable and ornamental […]

At the latest meeting of the CTPS Fruit Crops Section,  discussions  largely focused on two new EU regulations: the Plant […]

This year, due to the difficulties linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, ABIM, the Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting, was held from […]

At its remote meeting on 29/09, the Maize and Sorghum CTPS Section was pleased to note an increase in the […]

Fruits of temperate areas, walnuts too bear the impact of the climate change. In this context, walnuts producers need to […]

Yellowing viruses are a major issue for sugar beet crop yields. The search for varieties with resistance to yellowing viruses […]

Despite a complicated 2019-20 campaign in terms of both climate and sanitary conditions for GEVES staff due to COVID-19, the […]

At the beginning of 2020, the INRAe Experimental Unit for Field Crops of Auzeville (UE GCA), in collaboration with stakeholders […]

As part of its variety testing activities prior to national listing, GEVES evaluates the resistance of rapeseed to clubroot. This […]

Seed regulations are based on the description and distinction of varieties stable over time to guarantee fair trade. Uniformity is […]

The BioGEVES and Pathology laboratories prepared for the new quarantine regulations introduced for this emerging tomato pathogen: trials were carried […]

We invite you to consult the 2020 GEVES price list under the “Our services” tab.   This year, we have […]

On October 9, the CTPS Maize and Sorghum Section validated major changes in the VCUS evaluation rules for maize varieties. […]

How do we manage metrology in a seed quality analysis laboratory? It’s an important question, which was addressed at the […]

A Chinese delegation was welcomed at the GEVES Magneraud Unit from 16-27 September for a training course in DUS maize. […]

For the 17th Eucarpia meeting on capiscum and eggplant which took place this year in Avignon, the Cavaillon unit welcomed […]

On 25th July 2019, the cereals section of the CTPS adopted a new national list regulation for durum wheat, applicable […]

For old varieties known before 1970 mainly of cross-pollinated species, Directive 2002/55/EC and the previous Directive of 1970 on the […]

An international 2-year project involving Japan and France  The VIGERM project is funded by ISTA and involves 3 technical committees: […]