Legislation may appear to provide a breeding ground for monopoly power and profit among commercial seedpropagators, but farmers are canny consumers.
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Lesser, W. Plant breeders' rights and monopoly myths. Nature 330, 215 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/330215a0
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