Freeing Crop Genetics through the Open Source Seed Initiative.

For millennia, seeds have been freely available to use for farming and plant breeding without restriction. Within the past century, however, intellectual property rights (IPRs) have threatened this tradition. In response, a movement has emerged to counter the trend toward increasing consolidation of...

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Main Authors: Claire H Luby, Irwin L Goldman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-04-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4836679?pdf=render