Gyeongnam Province Sells All 'Variety Protection Rights' for Chrysanthemums... Market Shipment in Second Half of Year

15 Varieties Including 'Golden Pop' and 'Sweet Egg' with 3.4 Million Plants for Various Uses

From the left: Golden Pop, Eco Pop, Crystal Pop, Purple Beam, Sweet Egg.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] Gyeongsangnam-do announced on the 12th that it will grant 'non-exclusive licenses' to domestic chrysanthemum seedling companies for 15 chrysanthemum varieties developed by the Agricultural Technology Center's Floriculture Research Institute and will promote early distribution to farms.

The granting of non-exclusive licenses is a procedure in which royalties are charged and usage rights are sold to seedling companies or agricultural organizations for protected registered varieties. This non-exclusive licensing is a measure to reduce variety usage fees (royalties) by substituting imported foreign varieties and to improve farm income.

The target is 3.4 million plants of 15 varieties including Golden Pop and Eco Pop, with a disposal amount reaching 7.14 million won. The plan is to sell to five domestic chrysanthemum seedling companies including Bestmum, Gukji Farm, Smile Pompon, and Elim Farm, and to supply propagation mother plants to the companies this month.

Seedlings propagated through the seedling companies will be distributed to general farms and are expected to be shipped to the market from the second half of this year. Yellow 'Golden Pop' and green 'Eco Pop', which are cut-flower chrysanthemums, have a round pompon flower shape and have recently shown high preference among younger generations.

Pot chrysanthemums such as 'Sweet Egg' and 'Corona Gold' are double-flowered chrysanthemums. They are expected to expand the market share of domestic varieties as they have a long lifespan and increase the diversity of cultivated varieties.

Researcher Jin Youngdon of the Floriculture Research Institute expressed expectations, saying, "It will establish itself as a new source of income for floriculture farms struggling due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19)."

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