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Hyderabad India June 29 2019
UPOV Guidance on Molecular Techniques
Leontino Taveira Head of Technical Affairs and Regional Development
(Latin America and the Caribbean) UPOV
32st ISTA CONGRESS
Preview
bull Introduction ndash purpose of use of BMTs in UPOV bull Principles for BMTs use in UPOV (ldquomodelsrdquo) bull Cooperation with international organizations bull Next steps
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Criteria to be satisfied bull NOVELTY bull DISTINCTNESS bull UNIFORMITY bull STABILITY bull VARIETY DENOMINATION bull FORMALITIES bull PAYMENT OF FEES
ldquoDUSrdquo
CONDITIONS FOR GRANTING A BREEDERrsquoS RIGHT
NO OTHER CONDITIONS
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IMPORTANCE OF HARMONIZED APPROACH WITHIN UPOV
rArr To facilitate cooperation in DUS testing eg purchase of DUS reports
rArr To establish internationally recognized variety descriptions (effective protection)
Preview
bull Introduction ndash purpose of use of BMTs in UPOV bull Principles for BMTs use in UPOV (ldquomodelsrdquo) bull Cooperation with international organizations bull Next steps
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Technical Working Party
on Automation
and Computer Programs
(TWC)
COUNCIL
ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL COMMITTEE (CAJ) TECHNICAL COMMITTEE (TC)
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
Technical Working Party
for Vegetables
(TWV)
Technical Working Party
for Ornamental Plants and
Forest Trees
(TWO)
Technical Working Party
for Fruit Crops
(TWF)
Technical Working Party
for Agricultural
Crops
(TWA)
Office of the Union
Working Group on Biochemical and
Molecular Techniques and DNA-Profiling in Particular (BMT)
Document reference Title
TGP15 Guidance on the Use of Biochemical and Molecular Markers in the Examination of Distinctness Uniformity and Stability (DUS)
UPOVINF181 Possible Use of Molecular Markers in the Examination of Distinctness Uniformity and Stability (2011)
Document reference Title
UPOVINF171 Guidelines for DNA Profiling Molecular Marker Selection and Database Construction (ldquoBMT Guidelinesrdquo) (2010)
STATUS OF UPOV DOCUMENTS CONCERNING MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES
Calibrated molecular distances in the management of variety collections
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0 005 01 015 02 025 03 035 04 045
GA
IumlA D
ista
nces
(Tra
ditio
nal c
hara
cter
istic
di
stan
ces)
Rogers Distances (Molecular marker distances)
GAIumlA Distances = f(Rogers Distances) for 28 varieties in the reference collectionTests 19971998
Type 3 Type 1
Type 4Type 2Express - Lady
Duetol - TapidorEurol - Zorro
Ceres - Cheyenne
Express - Zorro
Zorro - Apex
Goeland - Lady
Apex - GoelandApex - Lady
Eurol - Idol
Bristol - Idol
Andol - IdolBristol - Eurol Apex - Express
Bristol - Prestol Andol - Eurol Express - Goeland
Distinctness plus (Traditional characteristics)
Distinctness plus (Molecular markers)
Type 1 Yes Yes Type 2 No No Type 3 Yes No Type 4 No Yes