Jimmie Turner (202) 720-8998jimmie.turner@ams.usda.govBilly Cox (202) 720-8998billy.cox@ams.usda.gov
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2010 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of protection to developers of 15 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include cotton and potato.
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 15 certificates are:
-- the JAJO 8192 and JAJO 8200 varieties of cotton, developed by JAJO Genetics, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, La.;
-- the Acala Revolution LL, Acala Ultima RF, Krypton Pima, Acala Daytona RF, and Hammer RF varieties of cotton, developed by Bayer CropScience AG, Monheim am Rhein, Germany;
-- the FM 955LLB2 and FM 9063B2F varieties of cotton, developed by Cotton Seed International Proprietary Limited (ACN 065 327 915), New South Wales, Australia, and Bayer CropScience GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
-- the FOCUS variety of potato, developed by S. Brunia, S. Brunia-Doorenbos, Sj. Brunia, H. Brunia, and J. Grondsma-Brunia, the Netherlands;
-- the Rio Grande Russet variety of potato, developed by President, Colorado Certified Potato Growers’ Association, Inc., Center, Colo.;
-- the Piccolo Star variety of potato, developed by Van Rijn – KWS B.V., Holland;
-- the Alturas variety of potato, developed by University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho;
-- the Russet Burbank M161 variety of potato, developed by Idaho Research Foundation, Inc., representing the interests of the Idaho Experiment Station and the University of Idaho. Moscow, Idaho; and
-- the GemStar Russet variety of potato, developed by The Idaho Research Foundation, Inc., representing the interests of the Washington State University Research Foundation, State of Oregon, Acting by and Through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University, Moscow, Idaho, and the United States, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
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 additional information contact the Plant Variety Protection Office at telephone (301) 504-5518, fax (301) 504-5291 or the Internet at www.ams.usda.gov./pvpo.
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