Washington, DC
August 6, 2007
USDA/PVPO grants protection to
12 news plant varieties
AMS No. 135-07
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
has issued certificates of protection to developers of 12 new
varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They
include bean, cotton, cowpea, fescue, pea and peanut.
The 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 12 certificates are:
- the Beryl R variety of
bean, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Boise, Idaho;
- the ST 6636BR variety of
cotton, developed by Stoneville Pedigreed Seed
Company, St. Louis, Missouri;
- the Carolina Classic
variety of cowpea, developed by Thaddeus Hillery
Busbice, Cary, North Carolina;
- the Silverstar, Dynamic,
and Apache III varieties of tall fescue, developed by
Pure Seed Testing, Inc., Hubbard, Oregon;
- the Feisty and Boogie
varieties of pea, developed by Brotherton Seed Co.,
Inc., Moses Lake, Washington;
- the Kelly, Moose, and
Naches varieties of pea, developed by Crites-Moscow
Growers, Inc., Moscow, Idaho; and
- the AT-3081R* variety of
peanut, developed by Golden Peanut Company, LLC,
Alpharetta, Georgia.
* 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.
USDA/PVPO grants protection to
7 news plant varieties
AMS No. 141-07
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of
protection to developers of seven new varieties of
seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include
barley, fescue, lettuce and pea.
The 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 seven certificates are:
- the Merit 16 and Merit
57 varieties of spring barley, developed by Busch
Agricultural Resources, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado;
- the SR 5210 variety of
red fescue, developed by Seed Research of Oregon,
Corvallis, Oregon;
- the Passport, Valley
Heart, and Tourist varieties of lettuce, developed by
Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, California; and
- the Whistler variety
of pea, developed by ProGene Plant Research, L.L.C.,
Othello, Washington.
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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