LeafWorks® Cannabis & Hemp Cultivar Registration

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This service is the first of its kind. Using international standards for defining plant cultivars and varietals, the LeafWorks® Cannabis and Hemp Cultivar Registration enables cannabis and hemp breeders to establish a record of cultivar (“strain”) creation and/or ownership with a comprehensive genetic and phenotypic profile. As the cannabis and hemp industries evolve, establishing consistent cultivar definitions verifiable through documentation is critical for organizations wanting to lay claim to their creations, protect them, and differentiate their brand.

At its core, the LeafWorks® Cultivar Registration is a timestamped certification service creating an indisputable record for registered cultivars. As part of this certification, LeafWorks generates, catalogs, and preserves your cultivar by transforming it into Certified Reference Material (vouchers). Plant vouchers are the gold standard for cultivar and varietal identification. We partner with the Canndor Herbarium, a cannabis community non-profit that maintains this voucher material, to protect the record of your creation for years to come. In addition to generating Certified Reference Material, this superior service creates both a professional botanical description of your cultivar and a detailed breakdown of the phenotypic and genomic traits.

What can you use this registration for?

• Turn your cultivar into Certified Reference Material, the gold standard reference
• Claim your cultivar in the market
• Support Plant Variety Patents
• Support appellation applications
• Track material transfers as it goes through the supply chain
• Unlock auditing capabilities for your contracts
• Licensing enforcement
• Register your cultivar in the LeafWorks Cultivar ID database

What do you get?

With our standard LeafWorks® Cultivar Registration service, you receive the following:

1. A time stamped Certificate of Registration of your registered cultivar
2. Herbarium vouchers of your cultivar as Certified Reference Material, a permanent gold reference record of your plants 
3. Storage of your Certified Reference Material in the Canndor Herbarium, a nonprofit organization dedicated to housing cannabis voucher specimens for long term preservation
4. Genetic Diversity Report of your cultivar
5. Your plant's DNA Fingerprint in the LeafWorks DNA Database for your subsequent use in auditing, licensing enforcement, appellation applications, plant varietal patent support, breeding endeavors as your needs arise
6. Automatic registration for the LeafWorks Supply Chain Certification to track material as it goes through the supply chain.