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  • From: "Ava Devenport" <essenheal AT hotmail.com>
  • To: market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Fwd:USDA PROTECTS 24 NEW PLANT VARIETIES
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 07:42:35 PDT


Dear List Members:

Please be aware that some of these varieties are being produced by Monsanto and Novartis. As far as I am aware, both of these companies are strong supporters of genetically-engineered germplasms. I truly don't know the status of some of the others.

Blessings,
Ava

To: <essenheal AT iname.com>
Subject:USDA PROTECTS 24 NEW PLANT VARIETIES
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 08:00:51 -0500
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Unkenholz, Becky" <Becky.Unkenholz AT usda.gov>
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Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 2:43 PM
Subject: USDA PROTECTS 24 NEW PLANT VARIETIES


> AMS NEWS RELEASE
> AMS Release No. 152-00
> Jessica E. Faust (202) 720-8998
> jessica.faust AT usda.gov <mailto:jessica.faust AT usda.gov>
> Billy Cox (202) 720-8998
> billy.cox AT usda.gov <mailto:billy.cox AT usda.gov>
> USDA PROTECTS 24 NEW PLANT VARIETIES
> WASHINGTON, June 9, 2000--The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued
> certificates of protection to developers of 24 new varieties of
> seed-reproduced plants. They include bean, pea, pepper, potato, soybean,
> squash, watermelon, and wheat.
> The 24 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 24 certificates are:
> * the Fargo, Buckskin, and Voyager varieties of bean, developed by
> Novartis Seeds, Inc., Boise, Idaho;
> * the 92B72, 92B61, 92B52, and 92B91 varieties of soybean, developed
> by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Johnston, Iowa;
> * the Yumar, Prowers, and Prairie Red varieties of wheat, developed by
> Colorado Wheat Research Foundation, Fort Collins, Colo.;
> * the W-9811, W-9812, and Summer Flavor-900 varieties of watermelon,
> developed by Abbott and Cobb, Inc., Feasterville, Pa.;
> * the Legacy variety of pea, developed by Pure Line Seeds, Inc.,
> Moscow, Iowa;
> * the Super Sugar Snap variety of pea, developed by Novartis Seeds,
> Inc., Boise, Idaho;
> * the Prairie Fire variety of pepper, developed by Hollar & Co.,
> Inc./Ronald D. Goebel, Rocky Ford, Colo.;
> * the Island Sunshine variety of potato, developed by Loo Brothers
> (Gerrit, Evert), Canada;
> * the Penta variety of potato, developed by P.R. and J.P. Dijkhuis,
> The Netherlands;
> * the NL10-RBK variety of potato, developed by Monsanto Company, St.
> Louis, Mo.;
> * the NorDonna variety of potato, developed by NDSU Research
> Foundation, Fargo, N.D.;
> * the Whitaker variety of squash, developed by Cornell Research
> Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, N.Y.;
> * the DP 5644RR variety of soybean, developed by Delta and Pine Land
> Company d/b/a Deltapine Seed, Scott, Miss.;
> * the Danatto variety of soybean, developed by NDSU Research
> Foundation, Fargo, N.D.; and
> * the 9313 variety of soybean, developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred
> International, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa.
> 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 about the
> Plant Variety Protection Act, contact the Plant Variety Protection Office
at
> 301-504-5518 (tel.), 301-504-5291 (fax), or
www.ams.usda.gov/science/pvp.htm
>
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