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
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