USDA Grants Protection to 19 New Plant Varieties

AMS No. 025-10

Jimmie Turner (202) 720-8998jimmie.turner@ams.usda.govBilly Cox (202) 720-8998billy.cox@ams.usda.gov

WASHINGTON, April 21, 2010 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of protection to developers of 19 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include wallflower 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 19 certificates are:

-- the Bullseye* variety of common wheat, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Berthoud, Colo.;

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

-- the W1566*, Legion*, and W1062* varieties of common wheat, developed by Syngenta Seeds, Inc., Junction City, Kan.;

-- the 111309W, 111303W, and 112302W varieties of common wheat, developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Windfall, Ind.;

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

-- the 3434*, 5205, and Shirley* varieties of common wheat, developed by Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, Va.;

-- the WB 456 and WB 523 varieties of common wheat, developed by Monsanto Technology, LLC, St. Louis;

-- the ORCF-103* and Skiles varieties of common wheat, developed by State of Oregon, by and through the State Board of Higher Education on behalf of Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore.;

-- the Tom* variety of common wheat, developed by Regents of University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn.; and

-- the PAS415015 and PAS415016 varieties of wallflower, developed by Ball Horticultural Company, West Chicago, Ill.

* 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).

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 more information contact the Plant Variety Protection Office at (301) 504-5518, fax (301) 504-5291, or the Internet at www.ams.usda.gov./pvpo.

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