New Thinking for New Times

Date posted: May 9, 2003

2003 PRRCG Report:

The road to variety registration
Big developments
Preview of new crop lines

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Introduction

New thinking for new times

Variety registration in the big picture

The road to variety registration
How a new crop line becomes a variety and the role of PRRCG.
The future of PRRCG
Re-charting the course.
The case of Alsen
Debate puts spotlight on key challenges for the registration system.
Changes to the variety registration system
Q&A with Grant Watson, Senior Advisor, CFIA.
The challenge of quality assurance
Meeting industry demands while preserving Canada’s system.
Canada’s position on plants with novel traits (PNTs)
Q&A with Dr. Stephen Yarrow, Director of CFIA’s Plant Biosafety Office.

Crop-by-Crop Highlights

Key action and recommended lines.

Background: PRRCG Procedures and Processes

Sponsored by:

Sponsored by Western Grains Research Foundation, in the interest of informed producer investors in wheat and barley breeding research. Visit the Foundation Web site, www.westerngrains.com, throughout the year for extensive, updated information on wheat and barley breeding progress.

Additional support from the Prairie Registration Recommending Committee for Grain, www.prrcg.org.

Meristem Land and Science, anchored at www.meristem.com, features progress and perspective from the best minds in science and technology. It is presented with partners in agriculture, food, environment and life sciences.

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