Washington, DC
July 30, 2009
AMS No. 124-09
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 bluegrass, pepper and
potato.
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 Champlain variety of
Kentucky bluegrass, developed by Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J.;
- the SBR 99-1165,
SBR991205, SBR99-1209 and SBY281219 varieties of pepper,
developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, Calif.;
- the AD83282-5W variety of
potato, developed by The Regents of the University of
California, Oakland, Calif.;
- the Red Scarlett*,
Carrera, AMBRA, SNOWBIRD, KENITA, Annabelle and Rodeo
varieties of potato, developed by HZPC Holland B.V.,
Joure, the Netherlands;
- the Freedom Russet variety
of potato, developed by Wisconsin Alumni Research
Foundation, Madison, Wis.; and
- the Boulder variety of
potato, developed by Michigan State University, East
Lansing, Mich.
* 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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