Conservation varieties in Italy (Liveseed Practice abstract)

Practical recommendations • In Italy there are: 42 CV of vegetables, 16 vegetable varieties with no intrinsic value and 80 CVs of field crop species; • You can find CVs on seed companies’ catalogues; • CVs are of public domain: no Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) apply and farmers are free to save their own seed; • CVs can represent a resource for organic agriculture due to their agronomic traits and less homogeneous genetics.