Washington, DC
May 16, 2007
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of
protection to developers of 18 new varieties of seed-reproduced
and tuber-propagated plants. They include bean, cotton, fescue,
pea, potato, 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 18 certificates are:
- the Carson, Diplomat,
Hayden, Stayton, Renegade, and HERRERA varieties of
garden bean, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Boise,
Idaho;
- the NG3969R and ST 3664R
varieties of cotton, developed by Stoneville Pedigeed
Seed Company, St. Louis, Missouri;
- the Zodiac variety of
Chewings fescue, developed by Cascade International Seed
Company, Aumsville, Oregon;
- the Jumpstart variety of
pea, developed by Brotherton Seed Co., Inc., Moses
Lake, Washington;
- the Monarch variety of
field pea, developed by ProGene Plant Research LLC,
Othelle, Washington;
- the Baltica variety of
potato, developed by Saka – Ragis Pflanzenzucht GbR,
Hamburg, Germany;
- the Dakota Pearl variety
of potato, developed by NDSU Research Foundation,
Fargo, North Dakota;
- the MFL-159 variety of
soybean, developed by Virginia Tech Intellectual
Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, Virginia;
- the Shocker and Smoky Hill
varieties of common wheat, developed by WestBred,
LLC, Haven, Kansas;
- the Bigg Red variety of
common wheat, developed by WestBred, LLC, Bozeman,
Montana; and
- the Patwin* variety of
common wheat, developed by The Regents of University of
California, Oakland, California.
*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/science/PVPO/pvpindex.htm. |
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