What is breeding?
The PBRA (section 5) defines breeding as including ‘discovery’ and ‘selective propagation’. In normal circumstances, the ‘discoverer’ is the first to file for PBR protection. Selective propagation is an outcome demonstrated by distinctness, uniformity and stability of the new variety when compared with the population/parents from which the new variety is derived. See the Report of the Expert Panel on Breeding for further information.