USDA Licenses 74 Plant Varieties

WASHINGTON - Jul 2/08 - SNS -- The USDA issued certificates of protection to developers of 74 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include barley, bean, bluegrass, fescue, hairgrass, pea, potato, soybean, tomato, corn, flax, hairgrass, lettuce, oat, 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 certificates are:

-- the HMS Medalist variety of field bean, developed by Cooperative Elevator, Co., Pigeon, Mich.;

- the Canario 707* variety of field bean, developed by The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, Calif.;

- the Red Rover variety of field bean, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, Calif.;

- the Grande II variety of tall fescue, developed by Seed Research of Oregon, Corvallis, Ore.;

- the Magellan and Padre varieties of tall fescue, developed by Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and Novel AG, Inc., New Brunswick, N.J.;

- the Epic* variety of red fescue, developed by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, N.J.;

- the Labarinth* variety of tall fescue, developed by Barenbrug USA, Inc., Tangent, Ore.;

- the Houndog 6 and Corgi varieties of tall fescue, developed by DLF International Seeds, and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Halsey, Ore.;

- the Carter* variety of flax, developed by NDSU Research Foundation, Fargo, N.D.;

- the Barcampsia variety of tufted hairgrass, developed by Barenbrug USA, Inc., Tangent, Ore.;

- the Prestige and Avalanche varieties of lettuce, developed by Progeny Advanced Genetics, Inc., Salinas, Calif.;

- the Chistera and Capsule varieties of lettuce, developed by Enza Zaden Beheer B.V., Enkhuizen, the Netherlands;

- the Ocotillo variety of lettuce, developed by 3 Star Lettuce, LLC., Salinas, Calif.;

- the Souris variety of oat, developed by NDSU Research Foundation, Fargo, N.D.;

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

- the Aragorn variety of field pea, developed by Plant Research (NZ) Ltd., Caterburg, New Zealand;

- the D4311702 variety of soybean, developed by Monsanto Company, St. Louis;

- the Jedd variety of common wheat, developed by WestBred, LLC, Bozeman, Mont.; and

- the Jewel* variety of common wheat, developed by Michigan State University, Lansing, Mich.

- the Mariah variety of field bean, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, Calif.;

- the NP2263 and NP2391 varieties of field corn, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Minneapolis;

- the I071535, I113752, I116412, I390033, I000091, I002573, I006234, I029010, I060062, I082216, I097062, I119135, I119148, and I900429 varieties of field corn, developed by Monsanto Technology, L.L.C., Creve Coeur, Mo.;

- the H60071 variety of field corn, developed by JC Robinson Seeds, Inc., Waterloo, Neb.;

- the LH326, LH334, LH390, LH299, LH307, LH333BT1, LH341, LH342, LH362, LH372, LH381, LH391, and LH400 varieties of field corn, developed by Holden’s Foundation Seeds, L.L.C., Waterman, Ill.;

- the 4498438 and 4896902 varieties of soybean, developed by Monsanto Company, St. Louis;

- the 8641 variety of common wheat, developed by University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, Ga.; and

- the Vantage variety of common wheat, developed by WestBred LLC, Bozeman, Mont.

- the Salute varieties of barley, developed by West Bred, LLC, Bozeman, Mont.;

- the Supremo variety of garden bean, developed by Olter srl., Asti, Italy;

- the Medicine Hat variety of field bean, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, Calif.;

- the Perfection variety of Kentucky bluegrass, developed by J.R. Simplot Company, Post Falls, Idaho;

- the Treazure II variety of chewing fescue, developed by Pure Seed Testing, Inc., Hubbard, Ore.;

- the DaVinci variety of tall fescue, developed by Lebanon Seaboard Corporation and Rutgers University, Huntsville, Utah;

- the Shade Champ variety of tufted hairgrass, developed by Pure Seed Testing, Inc., Hubbard, Ore.;

- the Snow Sweet variety of pea, developed by Pure Line Seeds, Inc., Moscow, Idaho;

- the TX1523-1Ru/Y variety of potato, developed by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, Texas;

- the D4210110, D4523081, D4201139, and D4253854 varieties of soybean, developed by Monsanto Company, St. Louis;

- the CHI1504001 variety of tomato, developed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., Oxnard, Calif;

- the AGS 2031 variety of common wheat, developed by University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc., Athens, Ga.; and

- the Sinope* variety of common wheat, developed by Limagrain Advanta Nederland B.V., Rilland, Netherlands.

* 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).