What rice can IRRI provide with an SMTA?
Most rice in IRRI is accessible with an SMTA. Categories are • Rice accessions conserved in the genebank and registered under the Multilateral System—predominantly traditional varieties and wild relatives, but also including some improved materials. These include older accessions previously held in trust under a 1994 agreement with the FAO, and newer accessions sent to the genebank with an SMTA or under conditions that permit re-distribution with an SMTA. IRRI is committed to conserving these accessions long-term to the best possible standards, and thus to maintaining them available with an SMTA. • Improved, elite, advanced, and promising lines that are considered suitable for commercial use or for use as parents in further breeding, many of which have been selected for testing in special-purpose multi-location trials through the International Network for the Genetic Evaluation of Rice (INGER). These include lines developed in IRRI, and lines developed outside IRRI and sent to IRRI wit
Related Questions
- I want to share germplasm received from IRRI with colleagues in a subsidiary station of my organization in another country. Should I use the SMTA for this transfer?
- Would I ever have to pay the Treaty for commercializing products developed only from rice obtained from IRRI before implementation of the SMTA?
- Do I have to make payments if I release a variety containing IRRI germplasm received with an SMTA?
