Pot and bedding plant stock breeder united in Fleuroselect launch a newfangled campaign against the illegal reproduction of legally protect varieties . Grower controls are executed at random and a tip line has been create to report on suspect illegal replication .
Karol Pawlak , Fleuroselect President and owner of Vitroflora : " Many cuttings are of change legally protected by Plant Breeders rightfield and therefore sell with a royalty fee . Without these royalties , breeders are ineffectual to fund the extensive R&D involve to bring newfangled and innovative varieties to the market . Tip cuttings can be filch from growing plants and re - rooted , thus producing an additional new plant . Unless this is okay by the breeder / producer and a royalty paid , this is illegal .
It is in the stake of all in the production and distribution chain that only plants for which the Royalties have been pay extend to the market property . The final consumer has a rightfield to grease one’s palms plant which are legally produced . Growers esteem cerebral prop already welcome the campaign as it creates a fair playing field and information activity to raise awareness towards outside distributors and retailers are scheduled . "
Random grower visitsWithin the model of this yearly campaign , Royalty Administration International ( RAI ) confabulate raiser to confirm whether the act of finished plants fit the quantities of the original newspaper clipping hand over . The growers visited are chosen annually at random .
Whistle blower tip lineA whistle blower tip line has been created to describe suspicions on illegal reproduction . Anyone participating in works production and distribution is welcome to use this confidential information line .
Suspicions on illegal facts of life can be report in three ways :
Fleuroselect and legal propagationFleuroselect represents its member who are breeders and producers of young plant material . These companies sell starting material either as unrooted or rooted press clipping to growers who then farm last plants for sell in garden centres , markets , DIY stock and others .
For more info : FleuroselectAnn JennenT : +31 71 364 91 01[email protected]fleuroselect.com
