A sort of a plant is a term from the plant breeding, with which variants of a kind of cultivated plant are differentiated. The sort must differ by different characteristics from other sorts of the same kind.

In Germany the office for federal sort gives after examination of the characteristics of the seeds the sort permission and the sort protection, only then may to seeds of a sort in Germany commercially be driven out. To this restriction sorts of ornamental plants (flowers, wood) are not subject.

Examples

With wine the used Rebsorten plays a crucial role for the style of the wine.

At fruit and vegetable those particularly plays variety of the sorts with apples and potatoes a large role.

The to the sort is in animal breeding the race.

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