Washington, DC
March 3, 2008
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of
protection to developers of 14 new varieties of seed-reproduced
and tuber-propagated plants. They include barley, bean, clover,
pea 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 14 certificates are:
- the Stockford, Chico, and
Cochise varieties of barley, developed by WestBred,
LLC., Bozeman, Montana.;
- the Bandit and Seabiskit
varieties of field bean, developed by
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Decatur, Illinois;
- the DURANA and PATRIOT
varieties of white clover, developed by University of
Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. and Grasslanz Technology
Limited, Athens, Georgia;
- the Trophy variety of
oat, developed by Board of Supervisors of Louisiana
State University and A&M College; and Florida Agricultural
Experiment Station, Baton, Rouge, Louisiana;
- the TAMO 606* variety of
oat, developed by Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station, College Station, Texas;
- the Hacienda variety of
pea, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard,
California;
- the Expresso variety of
common wheat, developed by WestBred, LLC, Bozeman,
Montana;
- the Duster* and
Centerfield* varieties of common wheat, developed by
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station (OAES), Stillwater,
Oklahoma; and
- the LA482 variety of
common wheat, developed by Board of Supervisors of
Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana.
* 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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