asexually reproducedmeans produced by a method of plant propagation using vegetative material (other than seed) from a single parent, including cuttings, grafting, tissue culture, and propagation by root division.
basic seedmeans the seed planted to produce certified or commercial seed.
breedermeans the person who directs the final breeding creating a variety or who discovers and develops a variety.
kindmeans one or more related species or subspecies singly or collectively known by one common name, such as soybean, flax, or radish.
perform without authorityincludes performance without authority by any State, any instrumentality of a State, and any officer or employee of a State or instrumentality of a State acting in the official capacity of the officer or employee.
sexually reproducedincludes any production of a variety by seed, but does not include the production of a variety by tuber propagation.
tuber propagatedmeans propagated by a tuber or a part of a tuber.
varietymeans a plant grouping within a single botanical taxon of the lowest known rank, that, without regard to whether the conditions for plant variety protection are fully met, can be defined by the expression of the characteristics resulting from a given genotype or combination of genotypes, distinguished from any other plant grouping by the expression of at least one characteristic and considered as a unit with regard to the suitability of the plant grouping for being propagated unchanged.