Plant Variety Protection - Faqs

I want a list of all alfalfa varieties that are protected by PVP

A list of all the alfalfa varieties that are protected by PVP can be found when you,

• Begin with the NPGS page: http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/
• Click on Search GRIN to take you to: http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/searchgrin.html
• Click on Plant Variety Protection to take you to: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/pvplist.pl?
• On this page you can either enter a number or choose a crop. We will choose a crop: Alfalfa
• This takes us to a page of Alfalfa PVP accessions: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/pvp.pl?Alfalfa
• Click on each series of accession numbers to see all the alfalfa varieties.

How do I find out the status of a specific PVP cultivar?

There are two ways to find this answer. Either you can do a simple query on the Accession Area Queries page, or you could go to the PVP query page. For example, suppose you are looking for the alfalfa cultivar Arrest to see its PVP status. Using the Accession Queries page, to find Arrest:

• Begin at the NPGS page: http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/
• Click on Search GRIN to take you to: http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/searchgrin.html
• Click on Accession Queries to go to: http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/acc/acc_queries.html
• Use the Complex queries portion of this page
• In the field "Other type of identifier", type in: Arrest
• In the field "Common name", type in: Alfalfa
• At the bottom of the form check off the box by the line that says: "Include historical and unavailable accessions in the search."
• Click Submit Request
• You get the Accession number and plant names.
• Click on it to find the PVP status.
• Click on the PVP area's Current Status
• It says Application pending.

Or, use the PVP Query Page

• Begin with the NPGS page: http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/
• Click on Search GRIN to get you to: http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/searchgrin.html
• Click on Plant Variety Protection to get you to: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/pvplist.pl?
• Where it says to "Enter a PV Number or Variety Name", type in Arrest
• Click Go
• It is here that you see the status.

How do I find more information on PVP (PVP homepage)

To get information on the Plant Variety and Protection Office and on PVPs in general, go to the PVP home page: http://www.ams.usda.gov/science/pvp.htm