Washington, DC
February 21, 2007
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of
protection to developers of 19 new varieties of seed-reproduced
and tuber-propagated plants. They include coleus, corn, fescue,
pepper, wheat and vinca.
The 19 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 19 certificates are:
- the Kakegawa CE12,
Kakegawa CE13, Kakegawa CE14, and Kakegawa CE16 varieties of
coleus, developed by Sakata Seed Corporation,
Yokohama, Japan;
- the I325369, I325350, and
I180581 varieties of field corn, developed by
Monsanto Technology LLC, DeKalb, Ill.;
- the Compass* and Culumbra
II* varieties of Chewing fescue, developed by Advanta
Seeds, B.V., Kapelle, The Netherlands;
- the TAM Mild Habanero
variety of pepper, developed by Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station, College Station, Texas;
- the Guymon* variety of
common wheat, developed by Oklahoma Agricultural
Experiment Station (OAES), Stillwater, Okla.;
- the Platte2* variety of
common wheat, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc.,
Junction City, Kan.;
- the Rush and Eddy
varieties of common wheat, developed by WestBred LLC,
Bozeman, Mont.; and
- the Pacifica Orchid Halo,
Pacifica Rose Halo, Pacifica Cherry Halo, Pacifica Magenta
Halo, and Lavender Blue 99-665 varieties of vinca,
developed by PanAmerican Seed, a division of Ball
Horticultural Company, West Chicago, Ill..
* 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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