The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of protection to developers of 13 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include wheat and cotton.

The 13 certificates are being issued under the Plant Variety Protection Act. The certificates require that the varieties be new, distinct, uniform and stable. The owners will have the exclusive right to reproduce, sell, import and export their products in the United States for the duration of protection.

The 13 certificates are: 

• the AP 7126 and ST 4793R varieties of cotton, developed by Emergent Genetics, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee;
   

• the Outlook* and Choteau* varieties of common wheat, developed by Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, Bozeman, Montana;
   

• the USG 3592 variety of common wheat, developed by University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (UGARF) & Florida Agricultural Experiment Station (FAES), Athens, Georgia;
   

• the Cooper*, Beretta*, and Freyr* varieties of common wheat, developed by Monsanto Company, Creve Coeur, Montana;
   

• the Coker 9312* and Coker 9375* varieties of common wheat, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota;
   

• the Steele-ND* variety of common wheat, developed by NDSU Research Foundation, Fargo, North Dakota; and
   

• the GALIL* and NEGEV* varieties of common wheat, developed by Hazera Genetics, Ltd., Varom, Israel

* In the United States seed of this variety (1) shall be sold by variety name only as a class of certified seed and (2) shall conform to the number of generations specified by the owner of the rights (84 STAT. 1542, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2321 ET SEQ).

USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service administers the Plant Variety Protection Act, which provides time limited marketing protection to developers of new and distinct seed- reproduced and tuber-propagated plants ranging from farm crops to flowers. For additional information contact the Plant Variety Protection Office at telephone (301) 504-5518, fax (301) 504-5291 or the Internet at www.ams.usda.gov/science/PVPO/pvp.htm.