Washington, DC
August 15, 2008
AMS No. 145-08
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of
protection to developers of 16 new varieties of seed-reproduced
and tuber-propagated plants. They include bahiagrass, barley,
bluegrass, fescue, corn, gamagrass, peanut, soybean 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 16 certificates are:
- the TifQuik variety of
bahiagrass, developed by University of Georgia Research
Foundation, Inc., Athens, Ga. / The United States Government
as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington,
D.C.;
- the Rawson* variety of
barley, developed by NDSU Research Foundation, Fargo,
N.D.;
- the Midnight Star,
Bluestone, Golden Nugget, and Blacksburg II varieties of
Kentucky bluegrass, developed by Pure Seed Testing, Inc,
Hubbard, Ore.;
- the Barrister variety of
Kentucky bluegrass, developed by J.R. Simplot
Company, Post Falls, Idaho;
- the Galatea variety of
tall fescue, developed by DLF International Seeds,
Halsey, Ore.;
- the N69391, H60231, and
N61211 varieties of corn, developed by JC Robinson
Seeds, Inc., Waterloo, Neb.;
- the HIGHLANDER variety of
eastern gamagrass, developed by Mississippi
Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Mississippi
State, Miss.;
- the 93Y11 variety of
soybean, developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred International,
Inc., Johnston, Iowa;
- the Osage variety of
soybean, developed by Arkansas Agricultural Experiment
Station, Station, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville,
Ark.;
- the Georgia-06G* variety
of peanut, developed by University of Georgia
Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, Ga.; and
- the Fuller* variety of
common wheat, developed by Kansas State University
Research Foundation, Manhattan, Kan..
* 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/pvpo. |
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