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USDA/PVPO grants protection to 55 new plant varieties

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Washington, DC
February 11, 2008

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of protection to developers of 23 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include bluegrass, corn, fescue, lettuce and pea.

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 55 certificates are:

  • the NP2467 variety of field corn, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Minneapolis;
  • the PHACV, PHADA, PHCA5, PHCAM, PHCEG, PHCJP, PHCMV, PHCPR, PH6WC, PHAR1, PHB00, PHC77, PHCER, and PHEHG varieties of field corn, developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, Iowa;
  • the UA 4805 variety of soybean, developed by Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas;
  • the 1336024, 1335025, 1686017, 2388028, and 2387029 varieties of soybean, developed by D&PL Technology Holding Company, LLC, Scott, Mississippi;
  • the 4175567, 4219527, 4010165, 4247825 and 4559808 varieties of soybean, developed by Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri;
  • the FDR 14-2056 variety of tomato, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, California;
  • the SENG 9088, SENG 9155, Olmeca, SENG 9170 and SX 387 varieties of tomato, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Boise, Idaho;
  • the Barrister variety of Kentucky bluegrass, developed by J.R. Simplot Company, Post Falls, Idaho;
  • the PHCCW, PHCND, and PHB8V varieties of field corn, developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, Iowa;
  • the Seabreeze GT variety of red fescue, developed by Pure-Seed Testing, Inc., Hubbard, Oregon;
  • the Rebel Pro variety of tall fescue, developed by Blue Moon Farms LLC and Pennington Seeds, Inc., Lebanon, Oregon;
  • the Cochise III and Titanium varieties of tall fescue, developed by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey;
  • the Shelby variety of tall fescue, developed by Blue Moon Farms LLC, Lebanon, Oregon;
  • the Inferno variety of tall fescue, developed by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and Jacklin see by Simplot, New Brunswick, New Jersey;
  • the Fidelity variety of tall fescue, developed by Pure Seed Testing, Inc., Hubbard, Oregon;
  • the Five Point variety of tall fescue, developed by ProSeeds Marketing, Inc., Jefferson, Oregon;
  • the Avenger variety of tall fescue, developed by Z Seeds, LLC and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Berlin, Maryland;
  • the Rebel IV variety of tall fescue, developed by Pennington Seeds, Inc., and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Lebanon, Oregon;
  • the Blockbuster variety of lettuce, developed by Shamrock Seed Company, Inc., Salinas, California;
  • the Ambush variety of lettuce, developed by Pybas Vegetable Seeds Co. Inc., Santa Maria, California;
  • the Tassajara and Salad Pak varieties of lettuce, developed by Enza Zaden Beheer B.V., Enkhuizen, the Netherlands;
  • the Citori variety of lettuce, developed by Shamrock Seed Company, Inc., Salinas, California;
  • the Noble* variety of field pea, developed by Limagrain Advanta Nederland, B. V., Rilland, Netherlands; and
  • the Calmati-202*, L-206*, and M-208* varieties of rice, developed by California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation, Inc., Biggs, 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 http://ams.usda.gov/science/PVPO/pvpindex.htm

 

 

 

 

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