Variety & Seed Expertise

The French Variety and Seed Study and Control Group (GEVES) recently welcomed a group of engineering students as part of […]

As the National Plant Health Reference Laboratory for the detection of non-quarantine regulated organisms (NQROs), mainly on seed matrix, GEVES […]

Index Seminum is a specialised catalogue published by botanical gardens and research institutions. It lists seeds available for exchange with […]

Approved laboratories, the General Directorate for Food (DGAL) and the National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) for Plant Health (PH) met on […]

Identified for the first time in 2014 in the Middle East and in France in 2020, the ToBRFV virus is […]

At the GEVES physical analysis laboratory, moisture content analyses are currently only carried out using the proofer method. This method […]

Every year, the Physical Analysis Laboratory receives around a hundred samples of sugar and fodder beet as part of their […]

The annual meeting of the european DUS experts for fruits species, organized by CPVO for its examination offices, was held […]

Organised by GEVES, the first workshop on the use of molecular markers in DUS studies was held at Le Magneraud […]

UPOV’s Technical Working Party for Ornamental plants (TWO) took place from 12 to 16 June with an online meeting.  Over […]