USDA Protects 28 Varieties

WASHINGTON - Apr 9/07 - SNS -- The USDA issued certificates of protection to developers of 28 new plant varieties, including: edible bean, lentil, corn, fescue, soybean, tobacco 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 new certificates are:

- the CDC Redberry*, CDC Rouleau*, and CDC Viceroy* varieties of lentil, developed by Crop Development Centre University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

- the Cariblanco N* variety of lima bean, developed by The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, Calif;

- the Ryder variety of field bean, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc. – Vegetables, Boise, Idaho;

- the Gremlin, and Solara varieties of tall fescue, developed by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J.;

- the Lustrous varieties of red fescue, developed by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J.;

- the Finesse II variety of tall fescue, developed by Turf Merchants, Inc., Tangent, Ore.;

- the Celestial variety of red fescue, developed by Turf Merchants, Inc., Tangent, Ore.;

- the Masami variety of common wheat, developed by Washington State University Research Foundation, Pullman, Wash.;

- the USG 3342 variety of common wheat, developed by Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, Va.; and

- the 951079-2E31 variety of common wheat, developed by University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, Ga.

- the WB-528, Dash 12, Solano, and Joaquin varieties of common wheat, developed by WestBred, LLC, Bozeman, Mont;

- the Havasu variety of durum wheat, developed by WestBred, LLC, Bozeman, Mont.; and

- the Ada* variety of common wheat, developed by Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, St. Paul, Minn.

- the SB4249 variety of garden bean, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc. – Vegetables, Boise, Idaho;

- the 7180 variety of field corn, developed by Asgrow Seed Company LLC, St Louis;

- the N61060, M10138, and W16090 varieties of field corn, developed by The J.C. Robinson Seed Company, Waterloo, Neb.;

- the I015036 variety of field corn, developed by DEKALB Genetics Corporation, DeKalb, Ill.;

- the 5083011 variety of soybean, developed by D&PL Technology Holding Company, LLC, Scott, Miss;

- the Speight 210* variety of tobacco, developed by Speight Seed Farms, Inc., Winterville, N.C.;

- the Speight 220* variety of tobacco, developed by Speight Seed Farms, Inc., Winterville, N.C.;

*In the United States, seed of this variety (1) shall be sold by variety name only as a class of certified seed and (2) 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).