The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of protection to developers of twenty-five new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include bluegrass, celery, cotton, lettuce, peanut, ryegrass, and soybean.

The twenty-five 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 twenty-five certificates are:

• the Blue Knight variety of Kentucky bluegrass, developed by Fred B. Ledeboer, Aurora, Oregon;
• the Cabernet variety of Kentucky bluegrass, developed by Lebanon Seaboard Corporation, Huntsville, Utah;
• the Bordeaux variety of Kentucky bluegrass, developed by Lebanon Seaboard Corporation and Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Huntsville, Utah;
• the Command variety of celery, developed by Pybas Vegetable Seed Co., Inc., Santa Maria, California;
• the PM 2168 RR, DP 455 BG/RR, and DP 543 BGII/RR varieties of cotton, developed by D&PL Technology Holding Company, LLC., Scott, Mississippi;
• the Siskiyou variety of lettuce, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, California;
• the Durango variety of lettuce, developed by Enza Zaden Beheer B.V., Enkhuizen, The Netherlands:
• the Georgia-01R* variety of peanut, developed by University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, Georgia;
• the All*Star² and Gator 3 varieties of perennial ryegrass, developed by DLF International Seeds and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Halsey, Oregon;
• the Pembina* and ProSoy* varieties of soybean, developed by NDSU Research Foundation, Fargo, North Dakota; and
• the 90M91, 91M70, 92M01, 91M12, 91M60, 91M13, 90M01, 90M40, 90M61, 91M91 and 92M61 varieties of soybean, developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, Iowa.

* 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/pvpindex.htm