The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the development of the agriculture, forestry and fishing industry by providing for matters to protect the rights of breeders of new plant varieties. For the purpose of the present Act the term "seed" means the seed as defined in subparagraph 1 of article 2 of the Seed Industry Act; the term "plant variety" means a plant grouping within a single botanical taxon of the lowest known rank, which, irrespective of whether the conditions for the grant of a pl