Washington, DC
April 6, 2007
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
has issued certificates of protection to developers of 28 new
varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They
include bean, fescue, lentil, tobacco, corn and wheat.
The 28 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 28 certificates are:
- the Cariblanco N* variety
of lima bean, developed by The Regents of the
University of California, Oakland, California;
- the Gremlin, and Solara
varieties of tall fescue, developed by Rutgers, The
State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey;
- the Lustrous varieties of
red fescue, developed by Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey;
- the CDC Redberry*, CDC
Rouleau*, and CDC Viceroy* varieties of lentil,
developed by Crop Development Centre University of
Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;
- the Speight 220* variety
of tobacco, developed by Speight Seed Farms, Inc.,
Winterville, North Carolina;
- the Masami variety of
common wheat, developed by Washington State University
Research Foundation, Pullman, Washington;
- the USG 3342 variety of
common wheat, developed by Virginia Tech Intellectual
Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, Virginia;
- the 951079-2E31 variety of
common wheat, developed by University of Georgia
Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, Georgia;
- the SB4249 variety of
garden bean, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc. –
Vegetables, Boise, Idaho;
- the Ryder variety of
field bean, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc. –
Vegetables, Boise, Idaho;
- the 7180 variety of
field corn, developed by Asgrow Seed Company LLC, St
Louis;
- the N61060, M10138, and
W16090 varieties of field corn, developed by The J.C.
Robinson Seed Company, Waterloo, Nebraska;
- the I015036 variety of
field corn, developed by DEKALB Genetics Corporation,
DeKalb, Illinois;
- the Finesse II variety of
tall fescue, developed by Turf Merchants, Inc.,
Tangent, Oregon;
- the Celestial variety of
red fescue, developed by Turf Merchants, Inc.,
Tangent, Oregon;
- the 5083011 variety of
soybean, developed by D&PL Technology Holding Company,
LLC, Scott, Mississippi;
- the Speight 210* variety
of tobacco, developed by Speight Seed Farms, Inc.,
Winterville, North Carolina;
- the WB-528, Dash 12,
Solano, and Joaquin varieties of common wheat,
developed by WestBred, LLC, Bozeman, Montana;
- the Havasu variety of
durum wheat, developed by WestBred, LLC, Bozeman,
Montana; and
- the Ada* variety of
common wheat, developed by Minnesota Agricultural
Experiment Station, St. Paul, Minnesota.
*In the United States, seed of
this variety shall be sold by variety name only as a class of
certified seed, and 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 more information, contact the Plant Variety Protection
Office at (301) 504-5518; fax (301) 504-5291; or the Internet at
www.ams.usda.gov/science/PVPO/pvpindex.htm. |
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