Guidance

UK DUS testing: agricultural and vegetable list

Updated 11 March 2024

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There are 3 test centres that do the DUS testing of agricultural and vegetable varieties in the UK.

Label your seed sample as a DUS seed sample when you send it to the test centre. You must include your:

  • species name
  • breeders reference

If you know them, you should also include your:

  • variety name
  • application for protection (AFP) number

1. Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) DUS testing capability

AFBI does UK DUS variety testing for:

  • festulolium
  • hybrid ryegrass
  • Italian ryegrass
  • perennial ryegrass
  • white clover

Send your seed sample to:

AFBI Crossnacreevy
50 Houston Road
Belfast
BT6 9SH

Email: Emma.Morrow@afbini.gov.uk if you have any questions.

2. National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) DUS testing capability

NIAB does UK DUS variety testing for:

  • barley
  • field bean
  • fodder kale
  • oat
  • small naked oat
  • sugar beet
  • wheat
  • winter oilseed rape, also known as swede rape

Send your seed sample to:

NIAB
Barn 1, ACC
Park Farm
Villa Road
Impington
Cambridge CB24 9NZ

Email: DUStesting@niab.com if you have any questions. You should put the crop name or species in the subject line of your email.

3. Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA) DUS testing capability

SASA does UK DUS testing for:

  • field pea
  • potato
  • swede
  • turnip rape
  • vegetable peas

Send your seed or tuber sample to:

SASA
Roddinglaw Road
Edinburgh
EH12 9FJ

Email: vegvarietytesting@sasa.gov.scot if you have questions about:

  • pea and field pea
  • swede
  • turnip rape

Email: potatovarietytesting@sasa.gov.scot if you have questions about:

  • potato
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