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Agriculture · Q86

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 86

Q86

Plant Variety Act was formulated in

A.
1976
B.
1996
C.
1973
D.
1993
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
The plant Variety Act was formulated in 1993.
A new variety shall be registered under this Act if it conforms to the criteria of novelty, distinctiveness, uniformity and stability.
Plant Breeder's Rights are used to protect new varieties of plants by giving exclusive commercial rights for 20 years (25 years for trees or vines) to market a new variety or its reproductive material.