Finnish Food Authority is responsible for variety testing (DUS testing, Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability), maintaining national catalogues of plant varieties and registration of Plant Breeder's Rights in Finland. Evira is also the contact of Plant Variety Board.
More information you'll find in the Finnish Plant Variety Journal. The Journal contains information on Plant Breeder’s Rights and variety listing in Finland. The official catalogue of plant varieties will also be published in this Journal.
National List of Plant Varieties
Contact
For variety testing issues, please contact
- Ms. Kaarina Paavilainen, +358 40 833 2480, kaarina.paavilainen@ruokavirasto.fi.
For issues of variety listing, registration of Plant Breeder's Right and contacts to Plant Variety Board, please contact
- Ms. Tarja Hietaranta, +358 50 344 3748, tarja.hietaranta@ruokavirasto.fi.
- pvr@ruokavirasto.fi