Washington, DC
May 8, 2008
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 clover, rye, 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 15 certificates are:
- the Resolute variety of
white clover, developed by University of Georgia
Research Foundation, Inc. (UGARF) and Grasslanz Technology
Limited, New Zealand, Athens, Georgia;
- the Maton II variety of
rye, developed by the Samuel Roberts Nobel Foundations,
Inc., Ardmore, Oklahona;
- the 4353363, 4684181,
4440685, 4309194, 4599695, 4782157, 4788561, and 4958786
varieties of soybean, developed by Monsanto Company,
St. Louis, Missouri;
- the 90M93, 91M92, and
92M34 varieties of soybean, developed by Pioneer
Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, Iowa;
- the Tubbs 06 variety of
common wheat, developed by State of Oregon by/through
STBHE acting on behalf of Oregon State University,
Corvallis, Oregon; and
- the CDC Buteo variety of
common wheat, developed by university of
Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
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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