Georgia's Integrated Cultivar Release System is your starting point for anyone interested in licensing high impact varieties of plants or bringing new plant materials to the marketplace.
Our “Systems Approach” to varietal development and commercialization seamlessly integrates the efforts of plant breeders, licensing entities, foundation seed producers and quality control experts. We provide a valuable range of services that include:
- Strategies for funding and managing plant breeders and breeding infrastructure
- Protecting plant selections and cultivars from development through licensing
- Initiating Foundation Seed and Plant Material increases
- Review and dissemination of breeder release data
- Licensing and contract negotiation
- Managing and optimizing a portfolio of plant licenses
- “Go-to-market” strategies for new varieties
- Quality control/verification and collection of royalty payments
- Royalty re-investment