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 barley, fescue, oat, and wheat.

The 15 certificates are being issued under the Plant Variety Protection Act, which requires 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 Goldeneye* variety of barley, developed by Utah State University, Logan, Utah;

• the Forté and Signia varieties of tall fescue, developed by Pennington Seeds, Inc., Lebanon, Ore.;

• the Constitution variety of tall fescue, developed by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J.;

• the Ambassador variety of Chewings fescue, developed by Lebanon Seaboard Company, Huntsville, Utah;

• the 114 variety of oat, developed by New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research LTD, Christchurch, New Zealand;

• the Caballo* variety of oat, developed by North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.;

• the Stark variety of oat, developed by NDSU Research Foundation, Fargo, N.D.;

• the Bauermeister and MDM varieties of common wheat, developed by Washington State University Research Foundation, Pullman, Wash.;

• the 9511* variety of common wheat, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Berthoud, Colo.; and

• the NuDakota*, Postrock*, Coker 9553*, and NuGrain* varieties of common wheat, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Junction City, Kan.

* In the United States, seed of this variety (1) shall be sold by variety name only as a class of certified seed and (2) shall conform to the number of generations specified by the owner of the rights.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of protection to developers of 14 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include carrot, corn, fescue, lettuce, pepper, and tomato.

The 14 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 14 certificates are:

• the Anthonina variety of carrot, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc, Oxnard, Calif;

• the PH5WA, PHB1V, PH77N, and PHAKC varieties of corn, developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, Iowa;

• the Adams Valley* variety of tall fescue, developed by Pennington Seeds, Inc., Lebanon, Ore.;

• the Guardian 21 variety of tall fescue, developed by TurfOne, Albany, Ore. & Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J.;

• the Lexington varieties of tall fescue, developed by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J.; 

• the Winter Select and Heavy Heart varieties of lettuce, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, Calif; 

• the SBY281172 and SBY281125 varieties of pepper, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, Calif; and

• the FIR 18-2024 and FIR 18-2051 varieties of tomato, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, Calif.

* In the United States, seed of this variety (1) shall be sold by variety name only as a class of certified seed and (2) shall conform to the number of generations specified by the owner of the rights.

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 additional information contact the Plant Variety Protection Office at telephone (301) 504-5518, fax (301) 504-5291, or the Internet at www.ams.usda.gov/science/PVPO/pvpindex.htm.