Washington, DC
March 23, 2007
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of
protection to developers of 21 new varieties of seed-reproduced
and tuber-propagated plants. They include alfalfa, barley,
cotton, fescue, lettuce, oat, potato, triticale and wheat.
The 21 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 21 certificates are:
- the Highline* variety of
alfalfa, developed by The Regents of the University
of California, Oakland, California;
- the Aquila* variety of
barley, developed by Utah State University, Logan, Utah;
- the ST 6848R variety of
cotton, developed by Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis,
Missouri;
- the Jamestown IV variety
of Chewings fescue, developed by Blue Moon Farms,
L.L.C., Lebanon, Oregon;
- the Aberdeen variety of
red fescue, developed by Pure Seed Testing, Inc.,
Hubbard, Oregon;
- the Predator variety of
hard fescue, developed by Pennington Seeds, Inc.,
Lebanon, Oregon;
- the 7 Seas variety of
Chewings fescue, developed by Pennington Seeds, Inc.,
Lebanon, Oregon;
- the Razor variety of
red fescue, developed by Pennington Seeds, Inc.,
Lebanon, Oregon;
- the Greystone* variety of
tall fescue, developed by Advanta Seeds, B.V.,
Kapelle, The Netherlands;
- the AHF116* variety of
hard fescue, developed by Advanta Seeds, B.V., Kapelle,
The Netherlands;
- the Triple Threat variety
of lettuce, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds,
Inc., Oxnard, California;
- the Horizon 321 variety of
oat, developed by Florida Agricultural Experiment
Station and University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.,
Gainesville, Florida;
- the FL 1900 variety of
potato, developed by Frito-Lay North America, Inc.,
Plano, Texas;
- the 342 variety of
triticale, developed by Florida Agricultural Experiment
Station and University of Georgia Research Foundation,
Gainesville, Florida;
- the DPC05* variety of
common wheat, developed by Monsanto Company, Creve
Coeur, Missouri;
- the Howard* variety of
common wheat, developed by NDSU Research Foundation,
Fargo, North Dakota;
- the 176* variety of common
wheat, developed by Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties,
Inc., Blacksburg, Virginia;
- the ForageMax variety of
common wheat, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc.,
Junction City, Kansas;
- the Yellowstone* variety
of common wheat, developed by Montana Agricultural
Experiment Station, Bozeman, Montana;
- the PR 1404 variety of
common wheat, developed by Innoseeds, BV., Vlijmen, The
Netherlands; and
- the TAM 112* variety of
common wheat, developed by Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station, College Station, Texas.
* 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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