Washington, DC
July 6, 2007
USDA
grants protection to 14 new plant varieties
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
has issued certificates of protection to developers of 14 new
varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They
include bean, fescue, lettuce, pea, peanut and wheat.
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 14 certificates are:
- the Navarro variety of
garden bean, developed by Harris Moran Seed Company,
Modesto. California;
- the Cadillac and Romano
Gold varieties of garden bean, developed by Seminis
Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, California;
- the Tar Heel II variety of
tall fescue, developed by Pure Seed Testing, Inc.,
Hubbard, Oregon;
- the Florentine GT variety
of red fescue, developed by Pure Seed Testing, Inc.,
Hubbard, Oregon;
- the Tomcat variety of
tall fescue, developed by South Carolina Agriculture and
Forestry Research System, Clemson, South Carolina;
- the Ninja 2*, Tuxedo*, and
Tulsa II* varieties of tall fescue, developed by
NEXGEN Seed Research, LLC., Albany, Oregon;
- the PS 6545701 variety of
lettuce, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.,
Oxnard, California;
- the Credence variety of
pea, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard,
California;
- the Georgia-05E* variety
of peanut, developed by University of Georgia
Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, Georgia;
- the Traverse* variety of
common wheat, developed by South Dakota Agricultural
Experiment Station, Brookings, South Dakota; and
- the Concept* variety of
common wheat, developed by Grant H. Torrey, Jr. for CHS,
Inc., Moses Lake, Washington.
* 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 grants
protection to 15 new plant varieties
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
has issued certificates of protection to developers of 15 new
varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They
include barley, cotton, fescue, lettuce, lentil, potato and
wheat.
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 15 certificates are:
- the Moravian 69*
variety of barley, developed by Coors Global
Properties, Inc., Lakewood, Colorado;
- the FM 960B2 variety
of cotton, developed by Commonwealth Scientific
and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Leland,
Mississippi;
- the Riverside variety
of tall fescue, developed by Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey;
- the Red Bull variety
of lettuce, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds,
Inc., Oxnard, California;
- the Morton variety of
lentil, developed by U. S. Government, as
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington,
D.C.;
- the IdaRose and Gem
Russet varieties of potato, developed by Idaho
Agricultural Experiment Station, Moscow, Idaho;
- the Danby* and RonL*
varieties of common wheat, developed by Kansas
Agricultural Experiment Station, Manhattan, Kansas;
- the Corbin, Waikea,
and Agawam varieties of common wheat, developed
by WestBred, LLC, Bozeman, Montana;
- the Kuntz* and
Palomino* varieties of common wheat, developed by
Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Junction City, Kansas; and
- the Keota variety of
common wheat, developed by WestBred, LLC, Haven,
Kansas.
* 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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