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Article: USDA GRANTS PROTECTION TO 16 NEW PLANT VARIETIES

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February 10, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- 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 16 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include bluegrass, fescue and soybean.

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 16 certificates are:

- The Midnight II variety of Kentucky ...

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