Washington, DC
June 13, 2008
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of
protection to developers of 21 new varieties of seed-reproduced
and tuber-propagated plants. They include bean, bluegrass,
buffelgrass, fescue, lettuce, potato, tomato 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 21 certificates are:
- the Sedona* and Capri*
varieties of field bean, developed by Michigan State
University, Lansing, Mich.;
- the Meccano variety of
garden bean, developed by Olter srl, Asti, Italy;
- the Eliminator variety of
garden bean, developed by Basin Seed Company, Nampa,
Idaho;
- the Nu Destiny and Awesome
varieties of Kentucky bluegrass, developed by J.R.
Simplot Company, Post Falls, Idaho;
- the PS-711* variety of
buffelgrass, developed by Pogrue Agri partners, Inc.,
and Antonio Narrow Autonomous Agrarian University, Kenedy,
Texas;
- the LaCrosse variety of
Chewing fescue, developed by DLF International Seeds and
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Halsey, Ore.;
- the Tropicana, Antago, and
Midway varieties of lettuce, developed by Enza Zaden
Beheer B.V., Enkhuizen, the Netherlands;
- the Challenger variety of
lettuce, developed by 3 Star Lettuce, LLC, Salinas,
Calif;
- the Exempla variety of
potato, developed by Sudkartofffel GmbH, Atting,
Germany;
- the CHl1504005 variety of
tomato, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.,
Oxnard, Calif.;
- the Red Ruby* variety of
common wheat, developed by Michigan State University,
Lansing, Mich;
- the USG 3295 variety of
common wheat, developed by University of Georgia
Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, Ga.;
- the Samson and Blade
varieties of common wheat, developed by WestBred,
LLC, Bozeman, Mont.;
- the Aspen and Winterhawk
varieties of common wheat, developed by WestBred,
LLC, Haven, Kan.; and
- the Strongfield variety of
durum wheat, developed by Agriculture & Agri-Food
Canada, Lacombe, Canada.
* 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 ams.usda.gov.pvpo. |
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