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Article: USDA GRANTS PROTECTION TO 25 NEW PLANT VARIETIES

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July 21, 2008
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following press release:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of protection to developers of 25 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include bean, bluegrass, clover, fescue, lettuce, oat, pea, peanut, potato 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 25 certificates are:

- The Rockport ...

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