At its meeting on 10 November, the CTPS Protein Crops Section proposed 22 new varieties for registration in the Official […]

The pathology laboratory has validated a new disposable container (fig. 1) which eliminates the risk of cross-contamination as well as […]

In December 2021, the French Ministry of Agriculture officialised 49 new seed quality testing methods, bringing the total number to […]

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

At its meeting on 21 October, the Section reviewed the results of the fruit certification campaign, the “Pear Decline” management […]

GEVES is delighted to be participating in this jointly organised webinar with ISTA (International Seed Testing Association) and ISSS (International […]

Our knowledge of flora from the Upper Cretaceous (100 to 66 million years ago) is still very limited. However, palaeontologists […]

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

H2020 RustWatch is a 4-year European project, led by the University of Aarhus in Denmark, which aims to develop a […]

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

After 3 years of work involving 5 EU Examination Offices including GEVES, a new tool has been created and finalised […]

We regret to inform you that the Workshop “Use of molecular markers in DUS studies” scheduled to take place in […]

In the framework of the International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures n°38 “International movement of seeds” ISPM 38 “International movement of […]

On 29 September, at the GEVES Brion station, representatives from seed companies involved in the maintenance and distribution of old […]

On 8 November 2021, the Minister of Agriculture and Food announced the new plan “Seeds and Plants for Sustainable Agriculture” […]

The laboratory has been collaborating for a long time on research projects in partnership on the physiological quality of seeds.  […]

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

The construction works wonctinue to improve health and safety conditions in the Germination laboratory. Following the renovation of the laboratory […]

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of plant variety protection in France, and on the occasion of the 50th […]

Although many meetings were already held during the creation phase of the network, on 12 October 2021 the first General […]

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

At the invitation of Eco-PB (European Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding), GEVES was invited on 6 September to meet with […]

For this 18th edition, 100% online for the second year with 76 participants, we also proposed  an online workshop for […]

The GEVES 2020 Annual Report is available to download now in English! With news and information on the 2030 strategy, […]

Following the creation of the Lactuca network in 2020, stakeholders have now come together to work on plant genetic resources […]

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

GEVES is pleased to announce its first training course on the use of molecular markers in official DUS studies. Training […]

The Cereals Section met on 22 July. On the agenda: validation of the results of ongoing DUS and VCUS studies, […]

In October 2020, GEVES was designated NRL for Plant Health on Regulated Non-Quarantine Organisms (RNQ) for seeds matrix, strawberry set, asparagus claws and Allium genus bulbs, by the Ministry of Agriculture. The […]

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

Despite the late harvest of 2021 and the impossibility of proposing the registration of rapeseed varieties in list A of […]

The customer service and sampling teams are ready to start the 2021-2022 season in optimal conditions! Last December, renovation works […]

For about 2 years, GEVES has been working with ScreenSeed® to co-develop a method for automated seed germination monitoring. GEVES […]

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

Photo: Flowers of cultivated carrot   Accessions of potato, hydrangea and crop wild relatives collected in situ in France have been added to the […]

On 16-17 September, GEVES, a national reference laboratory for seeds, is organising the 18th edition of its Lab Open Days […]

Photo: from left to right: Christian Huyghe, Alain Tridon, Patrick Flammarion On 6 July 2021, the GEVES Board of Directors […]

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 CTPS Plenary Committee met on 20 May. The Scientific Committee presented its current work, in response to the referral […]

At its meeting on 23 June, the CTPS Vine Section proposed the listing of four traditional French varieties (Gouais blanc, […]

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 […]

Ornamental species led the way in the new introduction procedure initiated in 2018, adding 202 rose and 19 hydrangea resources […]

At the meeting of 16 February 2021, the Fruit Species Section proposed for inclusion on list 1 : 6 apricot […]

After a first virtual Ordinary General Meeting in 2020, the one in 2021 replaced the event that should have been […]

At its meeting on 29 March 2021, the CTPS Vegetable Species Section validated the proposed registration of 6 varieties (cauliflower, […]

Important legume crop, alfalfa can be affected by seed-borne pests. A review of the scientific literature identified 15 pests, including […]

Confidence in experimental results first depends on the quality of the material used: well characterized pathogen isolates and seed lots […]

This European funded project has started on September 2020 for three years. It is a consortium joining 12 partners from […]

50th Anniversary of the French Plant Variety Right system & 50th Anniversary of France’s accession to UPOV 2021 is a […]

The relationship between insect pests and seeds is an increasing problem. The control of these insects is becoming more and […]

Initiated in 2012, the PeaMUST Future Investment Programme funded by ANR over 8 years and piloted by INRAe ended at […]

Work to modernize the SNES infrastructure continues at the Customer Service and sampling laboratory. Since December 2020, nearly 500m2 of […]

The plenary Committee of Permanent Technical Committee for Plant Breeding (CTPS) requested his Scientific Committee to bring responses to the […]

The 2019-2020 protein crop season has been complicated, both in climatic and health terms, with production declining at the French […]

The CTPS “beets and industrial chicory” Section met on October 15, 2020 in a context of unprecedented virus yellows expression […]

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

GEVES has undertaken renovation work to modernise its infrastructures to better respond to evolving needs of regulations and of the […]

On the 22nd and 23rd of October 2020, the first two technical workshops for stakeholders involved in the conservation and […]

In a ministerial decree which will be published shortly in France’s Official Journal, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food has […]

The law of 12 July 2010 on France’s commitment to the environment requires certain companies to carry out a greenhouse […]

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 […]

On 8-9 October 2020, the CPVO organised the annual meeting of ornamental plant experts from 8 DUS examination offices with breeder representatives (CIOPORA […]

The EU H2020 RustWatch programme ‘A European early-warning system for wheat rust diseases’ held its annual mid-term meeting on 5-7 […]

European DUS experts on agricultural plants met with the CPVO in October, via videoconference, to discuss protocols and harmonisation of […]

GEVES was asked by the EU IP Key programme to contribute to a virtual DUS training for Chinese experts. On […]

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

In the frame of Priority Research Program ” Growing and protecting crops differently “, GEVES is a partner in 2 […]

Botany is defined as the science devoted to the study of plants. Therefore, it covers different disciplines, including taxonomy, systematics […]

As with many meetings in 2020, the 38th session of the TWC was held in videoconference. Despite this, the meeting […]

A hundred participants, representing forty countries and organisations, met on 23-25 September for the 19th BMT (Working Group on Biochemical […]

As a National Reference Laboratory for seeds and seedlings, we were committed to maintaining our annual meeting with recognised laboratories, […]

Law n° 2020-699 of 10 June 2020 relating to the transparency of information on agricultural and food products means it […]

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

At its meeting on 23 July, the CTPS cereals group validated changes in the VCUS testing procedure for new varieties […]

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

Geographical labels that promote the value of regions and human skills are developing rapidly. Short chains can be favoured, as […]

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

At a virtual meeting on 9 July 2020, the Grapevine Section of the CTPS:  – Submitted the Enfariné noir variety […]

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

GEVES receives seed and seedling lots in order to carry out DUS and VCUS testing, varietal controls, seed analyses, and […]

We are pleased to announce that a new version of DSN, our website for requesting tests online and participating in […]

For its 49th edition, the UPOV Working Group for Agricultural Crops was originally intended to be hosted by the Canadian Office in Saskatoon. Due to the Coronavirus health crisis, the week-long meeting was held by videoconference, for which more than 100 experts were registered representing more than 30 countries and […]

The Harmores 3 project was funded by the CPVO and piloted by GEVES in collaboration with representatives from 7 examination offices, 9 […]

The H2020 “INVITE” project for “INnovations in plant VarIety Testing in Europe” officially kicked off on 8 July 2019. This […]

The ISTA Ordinary General Meeting, initially planned for May in Verona, had to adapt to a new format due to […]

The TWV54 (UPOV Vegetables Working Group – 54th Edition), originally planned to take place in Brasilia, was held from May […]

“Good morning, good afternoon, good evening!” was the new meeting routine for this 52nd UPOV TWO (Technical working group for […]

Following the success of the scientific workshop « Seeds and Biocontrol: solutions for tomorrow’s agricultures » organised in Paris on 2 […]

GEVES is pleased to present its Annual Report for the year 2019! Click here to learn more about our news, […]

The call for applications for PGR maintained in situ and PGR ex situ collections was launched in November 2019. This call […]

Pests (diseases, insects or weeds) are living organisms that can cause the following damage to crops :   Yield loss due to disease or competition from weeds,   […]

In Europe, disease resistances are commonly used as defining characteristics of new varieties, particularly in the vegetable sector. The Community […]

Are you sending plant material to GEVES? Let’s take a look at the checklist beforehand: Each plant is clearly and […]

In view of the French government’s lockdown measures relating to COVID-19, GEVES’s activities have been significantly altered and our staff […]

IP KEY Latin America in collaboration with the CPVO, UPOV and SENADI (National Service of Intellectual Rights in Ecuador) aim […]

The first collaboration between ISTA (International Seed Testing Association) and APSA (Asia and Pacific Seed Association) received more than 95% […]

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

Three collection managers have obtained an official recognition as “collection curator” for plant genetic resources for agriculture and food other […]

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

Waiting for UPOV Fruit working group in Provence  GEVES will organise the 51st Technical Working Party for Fruit Species (TWF) […]

GEVES was present at the SIVAL trade fair on 14-15-16 January 2020 in Angers with two stands: – a “Research-Training-Innovation” […]

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. […]

GEVES participated to the annual meeting of UPOV on the use of Biochemical and Molecular Techniques for DUS held in […]

GEVES has been  entrusted by the CPVO for a new bouquet of ornamental species! GEVES is now entrusted for over […]

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. […]

Why is it published?  To inform third parties of new applications for protection, the granting of titles, denominations, and any […]

The Harmores 3 project was funded by the CPVO and piloted by GEVES in collaboration with representatives from 7 examination […]

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 […]

The European H2020 Rustwatch project began on 1 May 2018 for a period of 4 years. Its objective is to […]

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: […]

GEVES provides a GMO detection and quantification testing service for the French Ministry of Agriculture as part of their official […]

Hangzhou, capital of the Zehjiang province, is a thousand-year-old city renowned for its historical sites, silk and especially its tea […]

On 2nd October, the Seeds and Biocontrol scientific workshop was held in Paris with the theme “What solutions for the […]

The African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) is an intergovernmental organisation covering the territory of 17 member states. One of its missions […]

We are pleased to present our annual report for 2018. Click on the images below to explore our activities:   […]

Alain TRIDON joined GEVES on 1 July 2019, succeeding Arnaud DELTOUR as CEO following the Administrative Council of 11 July […]

In order to provide a legal framework for the marketing of heterogeneous populations, the European Union published an implementing decision […]

The 32nd ISTA Seed Congress in Hyderabad, India was very successful with more than 500 participants from 60 countries. They […]

In recent years many new varieties have developed with intermediate resistance. The objective of the Harmores 3 project was to […]

As from August 2019, breeders will have the choice between three experimental networks instead of two for the registration of […]

Gathered on May 23rd, the Plenary Committee of the CTPS shared some of the milestones of its 2014-2019 term, guided by […]

The Disease Resistance Terminology (DRT) group of the International Seed Federation (ISF), chaired by Valérie Grimault, the director of the […]

On 14 May, GEVES organised the international PathoLED workshop. The event brought together 97 people from 6 EU countries to […]

For its 53rd edition, the meeting of the UPOV Technical Working Group on Vegetables (TWV) was hosted by the Korea […]

Carie ABBLE project : Development of an early resistance test for common bunt and better knowledge of virulences in France. […]

More than 120 participants attended the 7th edition of the Graines conference, back in Angers after the first edition in […]

In order to provide a legal framework for the marketing of heterogeneous populations, the European Union published an implementing decision […]

Recognition by external organisations (ISTA, CPVO, AFNOR, COFRAC) allows us to demonstrate the quality of our work carried out within […]

The call for applications for PGR maintained in situ and PGR collections was launched in September 2018. This joint call […]

As part of its participation in the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA) and the International […]

GEVES has created an all-new game based around photos of seeds from the I.D.SEED tool. I.D.SEED was developed by the […]

The TSW (thousand seed weight) is the starting point for pathology testing as it conditions the weight of the sub-samples […]

In its role of supporting the sector, GEVES is proposing a novel high throughput method for the detection of Ditylenchus […]

The DonObt project, which studies how to use breeders’ data to accelerate registration and improve user information, is nearing completion […]

On 9-16 February, GEVES participated in the annual Executive Committee (ECOM) meeting of ISTA. It was hosted by the Bayerische […]

The slogan for the 2019 edition of IPM has never described the world’s leading horticultural exhibition! For the fourth year […]

On 29 November 2018, a little over a hundred people came together to discuss issues related to the management and […]

The CTPS Inter-sectional Committee for Organic Farming participated in the “2nd meeting for organic agricultural crops” organised by ITAB, Arvalis […]

Research at GEVES for the 2018-2022 period will focus on the evaluation of variety performance, variety description and characterisation, and […]

An ambitious collaborative project  Aseeds for alternative seeds aims to find natural products to protect cereals against seed borne diseases […]

The sunflower market has undergone significant changes: the market has shifted towards eastern Europe, there is greater segmentation between sunflower […]

The methods currently prescribed by ISTA for the germination tests of these two species use blotting paper or sand as […]

The 27th International Plant and Animal Genome Conference was held from 12-16 January in San Diego, California, USA. This conference […]

As co-pilot of the project, BioGEVES participated in a 4-day meeting devoted to writing a Handbook on GMO detection in […]

GEVES will participate in the 32nd ISTA Congress in Hyderabad, India. It will present 2 posters and 4 lectures at the […]

The H2020 INVITE* project aims to improve both the efficiency of variety testing (DUS, VCU) and the availability of information […]

Tannin-rich pea varieties, which for a long time have not been seen in protein pea breeding programs, are making a […]

An international working group with 10 laboratories  The Seed Science Advisory Group of ISTA has created a working group with […]

For its 51st edition, the meeting of the UPOV Technical Working Party for Ornamental (TWO) was hosted by the PVRO/IPONZ […]

For GEVES’s 2019 testing year,  it will be examining 20 new botanical genera which account for 45% of applications received […]

For the 2019 edition of the IPM trade fair, GEVES’s ornamental plant teams will be present from 22-25 January at […]

GEVES will be present at the SIVAL tradeshow in the Research-Training-Innovation area alongside INRA, Agro-Campus Ouest, University of Angers, ESA, Objectif Végétal […]

We are pleased to present this year’s annual report which provides an overview of the actions and events of 2017 […]

One year after the launch of the NEW GEVES WEBSITE we would like to collect feedback on your satisfaction to […]

The third issue of our newsletter “GEVES info” is out now! In this latest issue, get the latest news on […]

Are you working on plant pathology in controlled conditions? Then you will be affected by the announced ban on neon […]

FRUIT: Fruit variety registration: Here we go! To be marketed in the European Union, fruit varieties of species regulated by Directive […]

A plant variety right is a title that lives, that is valued, that defends itself against acts of counterfeiting, that […]

This call for applications, launched in February 2018, aims to support threatened collections and improve conservation conditions and characterisation of […]

On 27/09, economic and institutional stakeholders met to review the regulatory components for marketing old vegetable varieties via lists a, […]

The new regulation 2018/848 on organic production and labelling of organic products was published on 30 May, and will enter […]

On 25 July 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its judgment in response to a preliminary […]

This autumn, at the request of ASFIS (French Association for the Professional Training of Seed Sector Professionals), SNES organised two […]

The aim of the CASDAR “Seeds and plant breeding” call for projects in 2018 was to invite actors in the […]

 On 26-28 June, the Belgian offices (ILVO and CRA-W) organised the annual meeting of VCUS experts from 17 European examination […]

With nearly 80 participants, the 2018 edition of the Lab Open Days was a successful occasion. The SNES, NRL Seeds, […]

The 17th session of the BMT was held in Montevideo (Uruguay) from 10 to 13 September. This meeting, now an […]

GEVES participated in the last ISHI-Veg meeting organised by the UFS and the ISF in Strasbourg, France. GEVES representatives are […]

GEVES is pleased to announce the open access to its I.D.SEED® database! This unique tool helps you to identify seeds […]

Why monitor germination rate? Seed deterioration occurring during seed maturation on the mother plant, after harvest, or during storage is […]

GEVES is actively involved in ISTA and its technical committees for the development and validation of seed evaluation methods. The […]

The second issue of GEVES info, our quarterly online newsletter, is out now! In this new issue, you can discover […]

We would like to pay tribute to Joël Guiard who passed away on June 23th, 2018. Joël Guiard spent his […]

Maintaining recognition from external organisations (ISTA, OCVV, AFNOR, COFRAC) enables us to demonstrate the quality of GEVES’s activities. The beginning […]

The ISTA (International Seed Testing Association) Annual Ordinary General Meeting was held in Sapporo, Japan, from 11-15 June 2018. Thirty-nine […]

GEVES, in the quality of affiliate of INRA,  has joined the Biocontrol Consortium, a public-private Research – Development – Innovation […]

Launch in May 2018 of the European H2020 RustWatch program on wheat rust prevention and control   Three rust diseases have […]

On 29 and 30 May 2018, the CPVO organised the annual meeting of ornamental plant experts in Budapest at the […]

GEVES has implemented novel test methods for real-time PCR detection of Ditylenchus dipsaci as well as for confirming viability of […]

On Tuesday 19th June, GEVES’s scientific committee met at the Anjouère experimental station. The committee is made up of scientists […]

For its 47th edition, the UPOV Working Group on Agricultural Plants was hosted by KEPHIS (Kenya Plant Variety Protection, Certification […]

Safeguarding seed health is critical in avoiding the trade-related spread of pests. A seed-borne pest is one carried by seeds […]

We are pleased to inform you that registration is now open for the 1st meeting for all stakeholders involved in plant […]

On 20-21 September, GEVES (SNES), National Reference Laboratory for seed quality evaluation in the framework of certification, is organising the […]

Following its meeting in Angers, the Administrative Council of CPVO (Community Plant Variety Office) was invited by Arnaud Deltour – […]

The fifteenth ECPGR steering committee, organized in collaboration with the Hellenic Agricultural Organization-DEMETER (HAO-DEMETER), took place from the 15th to […]

GEVES has published the first edition of its newsletter GEVES info, providing readers with information on variety and seed testing, […]

GEVES has just joined API-AGRO, a platform for sharing agricultural and agri-food data: www.api-agro.fr. GEVES will contribute data from its […]

In the aim of supporting and enhancing the work of the managers of plant genetic resources collections for agriculture and […]

This call for applications, launched in September 2017, aims to support threatened collections and also to improve conservation conditions and […]

BioGEVES participated in the 26th edition of the Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG) which took place in San Diego […]

GEVES has officially joined UMT CAPTE. The aim of UMT CAPTE is to develop high technology tools to better characterise […]

On 7 December 2017, the restitution meeting for the SNP oilseed rape pre-project took place. For this project, GEVES collaborated […]

In the framework of the Harmores 3 project (a 3 year project co-funded by the CPVO and coordinated by GEVES) […]

On 23-26 January, GEVES attended the IPM international fair for horticulture in Essen (Germany). Sharing a common booth with the […]

Seed micro-cleaning involves determining the percentage of waste in raw, harvested seed lots. This percentage is obtained by using sorting […]

Following its meeting in Moscow in 2016, the 16th UPOV Working Group on Biochemical and Molecular Techniques (BMT) took place […]

The national coordination was set up by the Ministry of Agriculture and is aimed at all stakeholders involved in the […]

Consequences of Brexit on the marketing of seeds and other propagating material included in the national registry of the United […]

For 2018’s edition of the IPM trade fair, GEVES will be present from 23-26 January at Hall 2 Stand 2B23, […]

For its 3rd edition, the “Céréales!” technical day brought together 35 participants from 20 different laboratories as well as inspectors […]

GEVES and its BioGEVES laboratory were delighted to host the 16th UPOV Working Group on Biochemical and Molecular Techniques (BMT) from […]

Arnaud Deltour, CEO of GEVES, Joël Léchappé, Director of the National Seed Testing Station (SNES), Thibaut Decourcelle, Head of Development […]