Impact of the new Seed Law on Chinese herbage variety approval and registration system

Variety approval and registration is the core of variety management. The variety approval system has been largely changed due to the promulgation of the new Seed Law. On the basis of deeply interpretation of the rules associating with herbage variety approval and registration in the new Seed Law, the purpose of the paper is to answer questions for herbage varieties breeders, and prove the rule by which a new herbage variety should be approved and registered before widely promotion being valid. The authors promote suggestions on perfecting the herbage variety approval and registration system with the reference of the reform ideas of crop seed variety approval and registrationsystem.