An outstanding work of erudite and experienced authors deals with step by step guidance for obtaining proprietorship over plant varieties developed by plant breeders, researchers, farmers, National Agricultural Research System (NARS), CSIR institutes and public & private seed industry. It discuses all the ingredients relating to the subject, such as, procedure relating to application for registration, varieties eligible for registration, opposition, protection, benefit sharing, researchers’ rights, corrections and revocations, infringements, offences and penalties