Washington, DC
October 28, 2008
AMS No. 183-08 & No. 166-08
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of
protection to developers of 25 varieties of seed-reproduced and
tuber-propagated plants. They include bean, bluegrass, fescue,
lettuce, orchardgrass, 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 40 certificates are:
- the Shania variety of
field bean, developed by Archer-Daniels-Midland Company,
Decatur, Ill.;
- the RAM100 and Winterlinks
varieties of rough bluegrass, developed by Pure Seed
Testing, Inc., Hubbard, Ore.;
- the Somona variety of
Kentucky bluegrass, developed by Lebanon Seaboard
Corporation, Huntsville, Utah;
- the Diva variety of
Kentucky bluegrass, developed by Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J.;
- the Royce variety of
Kentucky bluegrass, developed by Pure Seed Testing,
Inc., Hubbard, OR, and Rutgers, the State University of New
Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J.;
- the Six Point and Falcon
IV varieties of tall fescue, developed by Rutgers,
The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J.;
- the Turbo variety of
tall fescue, developed by Cascade International Seed
Company, Aumsville, Ore.;
- the King Royale variety of
lettuce, developed by Central Valley Seeds, Inc.,
Salinas, Calif.;
- the Potomac II* and Paiute
II* varieties of orchardgrass, developed by Ag
Biotech of Oregon, Inc., Corvallis, Ore.;
- the 95Y41, 94Y70, 90Y41,
and 91Y20 varieties of soybean, developed by Pioneer
Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, Iowa;
- the NIDERA A 4209RG,
NIDERA A 5485RG, NIDERA A 5543RG, and NIDERA A 4613RG
varieties of soybean, developed by Nidera S.A., Santa
Fe, Argentina;
- the AP700 CL* and Salute*
varieties of soft white winter wheat, developed by
Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Junction City, Kan.;
- the Doans* variety of
hard red winter wheat, developed by Syngenta Seeds,
Inc., Vernon, Texas;
- the Coker 9804* and
Culpeper* varieties of soft red winter wheat,
developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Junction City, Kan.
- the Rio Verde variety of
lablab bean, developed by Texas AgriLife Research,
College Station, Texas;
- the Voyager II variety of
Kentucky bluegrass, developed by Pure Seed Testing,
Inc., Hubbard, Ore.;
- the Innovator variety of
tall fescue, developed by Pure Seed Testing, Inc.,
Hubbard, Ore.;
- the Dewald* variety of
eastern gamagrass, developed by Walter W. Robertson,
Shippenville, Pa.;
- the Crescendo variety of
garden pea, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds,
Inc., Oxnard, Calif.;
- the MegaChip variety of
potato, developed by Wisconsin Alumni Research
Foundation, Madison, Wis.;
- the Laura and Milva
varieties of potato, developed by EUROPLANT
Pfanzenzucht GmbH, Lüneburg, Germany;
- the Stellar variety of
perennial ryegrass, developed by DLF International
Seeds, Halsey, Ore.;
- the Profusion Deep
Apricot, Profusion Knee High White, Profusion Double Cherry,
Profusion Coral Pink, and Profusion Knee High Red varieties
of zinnia, developed by Sakata Seed Corporation,
Yokohama, Japan; and
- the Cromwell* variety of
wheat, developed by Regents of the University of
Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn.
* 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
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