Plant Breeders' Rights Act, 2018 (Act No. 12 of 2018)

Categories of plants

Maximum seed produced per year per protected variety

CATEGORY A: AGRICULTURAL AND VEGETABLE CROPS

Allium cepa L. (onion)

100g

Arachis hypogea L. (Groundnut)

50kg

Avena sativa L. (Oats)

50kg

Brassica oleracea L. convar. capitata (L.) Alef. (Cabbage)

1000g

Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (Watermelon)

150g

Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott (Taro, amadumbe)

50 000 tubers

Cucumis melo L. (Sweet melon)

100g

Cucurbita maxima Duchesne (Pumpkin)

100g

Cucurbita moschata Duchesne (Squash, butternut)

100g

Cucurbita pepo L. (Squash, zucchini, vegetable marrow)

100g

Eleusine corocana (L.) Gaertn. (Finger millet)

10kg

Glycine max (L.) Merr. (conventional Soy bean)

40kg

Helianthus annuus L. (Sunflower)

3kg

Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam (Sweet potato)

25 000 tubers

Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. (Calabash)

100g

Manihot esculenta Crantz (Cassava)

25 000 tubers

Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.BR. (Pearl millet)

15kg

Phaseolus vulgaris L. (Garden bean)

15 000g

Solanum lycopersicum L. (Tomato)

100g

Solanum tuberosum L. (Potato)

25 000 tubers

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor. (Sorghum)

20kg

Triticum aestivum L. subsp. aestivum. (Wheat)

25kg

Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) van Slageren. (Durum wheat)

25kg

Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek (Mungbean)

25kg

Vigna subterranea (L.)Verdc. (Jungo beans)

25kg

Vigna unguiculata L. Walp. (Cowpea)

25kg

Zea Mays L. (Conventional white and yellow maize)

12kg

Zea mays L. var.saccharata (Sturtev.) L.H.Bailey (Sweet corn)

1kg

CATEGORY B:  FRUIT CROPS

All species as reflected in the Plant Breeders' Rights register maintained in terms of section 4 of the Act

05 per kind