USDA Licenses 21 Plant Varieties

WASHINGTON - Mar 26/07 - SNS -- The USDA issued certificates of protection to developers of 21 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include alfalfa, barley, cotton, fescue, lettuce, oat, potato, triticale and wheat.

The 21 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 Highline* variety of alfalfa, developed by The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, Calif.;

- the Aquila* variety of barley, developed by Utah State University, Logan, Utah;

- the ST 6848R variety of cotton, developed by Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis;

- the Jamestown IV variety of Chewing fescue, developed by Blue Moon Farms, L.L.C., Lebanon, Ore.;

- the Aberdeen variety of red fescue, developed by Pure Seed Testing, Inc., Hubbard, Ore.;

- the Predator variety of hard fescue, developed by Pennington Seeds, Inc., Lebanon, Ore.;

- the 7 Seas variety of Chewings fescue, developed by Pennington Seeds, Inc., Lebanon, Ore.;

- the Razor variety of red fescue, developed by Pennington Seeds, Inc., Lebanon, Ore.;

- the Greystone* variety of tall fescue, developed by Advanta Seeds, B.V., Kapelle, The Netherlands;

- the AHF116* variety of hard fescue, developed by Advanta Seeds, B.V., Kapelle, The Netherlands;

- the Triple Threat variety of lettuce, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, Calif.;

- the Horizon 321 variety of oat, developed by Florida Agricultural Experiment Station and University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, Fla.;

- the FL 1900 variety of potato, developed by Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, Texas;

- the 342 variety of triticale, developed by Florida Agricultural Experiment Station and University of Georgia Research Foundation, Gainesville, Fla;

- the DPC05* variety of common wheat, developed by Monsanto Company, Creve Coeur, Mo.;

- the Howard* variety of common wheat, developed by NDSU Research Foundation, Fargo, N.D.;

- the 176* variety of common wheat, developed by Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, Va.;

- the ForageMax variety of common wheat, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Junction City, Kan.;

- the Yellowstone* variety of common wheat, developed by Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, Bozeman, Mont.;

- the PR 1404 variety of common wheat, developed by Innoseeds, BV., Vlijmen, The Netherlands; and

- the TAM 112* variety of common wheat, developed by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, Texas.

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).