USDA Certifies 29 Varieties

WASHINGTON 0 Jul 9/07 - SNS -- The USDA issued certificates of protection to developers of 15 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include barley, cotton, lentil, potato, bean, fescue, lettuce, pea, peanut 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 certificates are:

- the Moravian 69* variety of barley, developed by Coors Global Properties, Inc., Lakewood, Colo.;

- the FM 960B2 variety of cotton, developed by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Leland, Miss.;

- the Riverside variety of tall fescue, developed by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J.;

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

- the Morton variety of lentil, developed by U. S. Government, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.;

- the IdaRose and Gem Russet varieties of potato, developed by Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station, Moscow, Idaho;

- the Danby* and RonL* varieties of common wheat, developed by Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Manhattan, Kan.;

- the Corbin, Waikea, and Agawam varieties of common wheat, developed by WestBred, LLC, Bozeman, Mont.;

- the Kuntz* and Palomino* varieties of common wheat, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Junction City, Kan.;

- the Keota variety of common wheat, developed by WestBred, LLC, Haven, Kan.;

- the Navarro variety of garden bean, developed by Harris Moran Seed Company, Modesto. Calif.;

- the Cadillac and Romano Gold varieties of garden bean, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, Calif.;

- the Tar Heel II variety of tall fescue, developed by Pure Seed Testing, Inc., Hubbard, Ore.;

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

- the Tomcat variety of tall fescue, developed by South Carolina Agriculture and Forestry Research System, Clemson, S.C.;

- the Ninja 2*, Tuxedo*, and Tulsa II* varieties of tall fescue, developed by NEXGEN Seed Research, LLC., Albany, Ore.;

- the PS 6545701 variety of lettuce, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, Calif.;

- the Credence variety of pea, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, Calif.;

- the Georgia-05E* variety of peanut, developed by University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, Ga.;

- the Traverse* variety of common wheat, developed by South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Brookings, S.D.; and

- the Concept* variety of common wheat, developed by Grant H. Torrey, Jr. for CHS, Inc., Moses Lake, Wash.

* 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).