Washington, DC
March 25, 2008
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of
protection to developers of 13 new varieties of seed-reproduced
and tuber-propagated plants. They include corn, fescue and
muskmelon.
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 13 certificates are:
- the LH360, LH332, LH324,
LH249, and LH370 varieties of field corn, developed
by Holden’s Foundation Seeds L.L.C., DeKalb, Illinois;
- the PH2N1 and PH9HM
varieties of field corn, developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc., Johnston, Iowa;
- the I180421 variety of
field corn, developed by Monsanto Technology L.L.C.,
DeKalb, Illinois;
- the Lucy variety of
hard fescue, developed by Rutgers, The State University
of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey:
- the Fortitude variety of
red fescue, developed by Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey:
- the Silverado II variety
of tall fescue, developed by Pure Seed Testing, Inc.,
Hubbard, Oregon:
- the Inverness variety of
red fescue, developed by Pure Seed Testing, Inc.,
Hubbard, Oregon; and
- the ACX-351 variety of
muskmelon (F1), developed by Abbott and Cobb, Inc.,
Feasterville, Pennsylvania.
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
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