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CULTIVAR DEVELOPMENT:
Stargrow is also a fruit cultivar development and management company. Its business is to identify opportunities for new cultivars globally and to breed, acquire, evaluate, control and commercialize these cultivars through a network of Master Agents worldwide.
Stargrow is currently commercializing its varieties in countries such as Chile, Brazil, Australia, Argentina, EU, Israel and Africa. The company benefits from the royalty payments made on the sale of plant material and fruit of its exclusively owned cultivars.
Stargrow is a registered Plant Improvement Organization. This means that Stargrow controls the phytosanitary and genetic requirements of our plant material within our government’s certification scheme.
We have multiplication and breeding facilities at a number of locations in the Western Cape. Stargrow is the only private deciduous fruit breeder in South Africa who breeds pomefruit, stonefruit and tablegrapes.
Stargrow is a member of an international consortium consisting of leading cultivar developers (INN), and has license agreements with cultivar development groups in the USA, Canada, Europe, Chile, Australia and New Zealand.
The South African Government breeding station had also appointed us as their agent to introduce certain of their cultivars in several countries.
The fact that Stargrow also has its own breeding programme and an ongoing selection of field mutations, ensures that it has continuous access to a wide range of new cultivars developed and released globally for exclusive commercialization. The company also employs skilled specialists in the fields of plant breeding, evaluation, plant propagation, plant pathology, plant importation and protection and registration of cultivars.
Evaluation and Protection:
Initial propagation is done by our own nurseries. Plants are then planted out at our test sites. As our test sites are located in different climatic regions, the varieties can be tested over a wide range of climates and the right climate for every fruit type can be determined.
Isolation from pests and diseases and the use of virgin soils enable us to produce plant material of the highest quality. Because they are planted on our own sites, we are able to ensure maximum security of new varieties.
With South Africa being a UPOV member country, adequate legal protection exists for effective control of varieties under the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act. This confers the same protection as a USA Plant Patent. If needed, we can also seek trademark protection.
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