Breeders’ Intellectual Property Office (BIPO)

RAGT launches Wolverine with BYDV resistance

13th September 2019 | Arable, Plant Breeding, Seeds

Plant breeder RAGT Seeds unveiled a new winter wheat variety with Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) resistance, the result of a two-decade development programme, at a seed trade meeting held near Cambridge earlier this week. In another first, the company intends to...

RAGT risk share scheme for three osr varieties

13th February 2019 | Company News, Farm Business, Innovation, Seeds

Plant breeder RAGT Seeds launched its oilseed rape (OSR) establishment risk-sharing scheme in the same week as KWS-UK’s similar initiative. “Many growers in the UK have been questioning the viability of growing oilseed rape, due to the increased risk of establishing a...