Washington, DC
February 9, 2009AMS No.
253-08 / 252/08 / 243/08
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
has issued certificates of protection to developers of 12 new
varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They
include barley, 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 12 certificates are:
- the Celebration variety of
barley, developed by Busch Agricultural Resources,
LLC, Ft. Collins, CO;
- the XP 08520689 variety of
garden pea, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds,
Inc., Oxnard, CA;
- the PICUS and FDS142081
varieties of tomato, developed by Seminis Vegetable
Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, CA;
- the Bill Brown* variety of
common wheat, developed by Colorado Wheat Research
Foundation, Centennial, CO;
- the AP402 CL2* and AP503
CL2* varieties of Hard White Winter Wheat, developed
by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Junction City, KS;
- the 25R39 variety of
common wheat, developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc., Windfall, IN;
- the AGS2020 variety of
common wheat, developed by University of Georgia
Research Foundation, Athen, GA;
- the 9700* variety of
common wheat, developed by Monsanto Company, Creve
Coeur, MO; and
- the Mace and Anton
varieties of common wheat, developed by The United
States Government, as represented by the Secretary of
Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
- the I059908, I062687,
I028727, I285302, I285287, I285291, I062696, I135168,
I090372, I106999, I119163, I533766, I512243, I900105,
I057391, I226218, I006605, I216556, I226211, I119153,
I135160, I136799, I133314, and I170094 varieties of field
corn, developed by Monsanto Technology LLC, Creve Coeur,
Mo.;
- the 4228AA variety of
pepper, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Boise, Idaho;
- the PAS490446, PAS490444,
PAS490445, PAS553643, and PAS490443 varieties of zinnia,
developed by Ball Horticultural Company, West Chicago, Ill.
- the Midnight II variety of
Kentucky bluegrass, developed by Pure Seed Testing,
Inc., Hubbard, Ore.; and Rutgers, the State University of
New Jersey, New Brunswick;
- the Casablanca variety of
Kentucky bluegrass, developed by Pure Seed Testing,
Inc., Hubbard, Ore.;
- the Alexa variety of
Kentucky bluegrass, developed by J.R. Simplot Company,
Post Falls, Idaho;
- the Virtuoso variety of
tall fescue, developed by DLF International Seeds,
Halsey, Ore.;
- the Brockton variety of
tall fescue, developed by NexGen Turf Research, LLC,
Albany, Ore.; and
- the 94Y60, 95Y20,
RJS37002, RJS44001, RJS03001, RJS15002, RJS49001, RJS15001,
RJS25001, RJS41001, and RJS39001 varieties of soybean,
developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston,
Iowa.
* 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/pvpo. |
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