Washington, DC
November 29, 2007
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of
protection to developers of 22 new varieties of seed-reproduced
and tuber-propagated plants. They include 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 22 certificates are:
- the DP 744 Pima variety of
cotton, developed by Arizona Board of Regents on
behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz;
- the Viking variety of
hard fescue, developed by ProSeeds Marketing, Inc.,
Jefferson, Ore.;
- the 2nd Millennium variety
of tall fescue, developed by Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J.;
- the Polstead*, Matrix*,
and Tamora* varieties of field pea, developed by
Limagrain Advanta Nederland B.V., Rilland, the Netherlands;
- the Mazama and Klamath
Russet varieties of potato, developed by State of
Oregon by/through STBHE acting on behalf of Oregon State
University, Corvallis, Ore.;
- the Millennium Russet
variety of potato, developed by Wisconsin Alumni
Research Foundation, Madison, Wis.;
- the JULIETTE, DAISY, and
CHERIE varieties of potato, developed by GEMICOPA
SAS, Cedex, France;
- the Sinora variety of
potato, developed by Mrs. G. Schilt c.s., Emmeloord, the
Netherlands;
- the Markies variety of
potato, developed by Dr. R.J. Mansholt’s
Veredelingsbedrijf B.V., Emmeloord, the Netherlands;
- the NIDERA A 7708RG and
NIDERA A 5009RG varieties of soybean, developed by
Nidera S.A., Santa Fe Argentina;
- the SD1111RR* variety of
soybean, developed by South Dakota Agricultural
Experiment Station, Brookings, S.D.;
- the 0437973 and 0457028
varieties of soybean, developed by Monsanto Company,
St. Louis;
- the Suzusayaka variety of
soybean, developed by National Agriculture and Food
Research Organization, Ibaraki, Japan;
- the W1377* variety of
common wheat, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc.,
Bethoud, Colo.; and
- the Faller* variety of
common wheat, developed by NDSU Research Foundation,
Fargo, N.D.
* 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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