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Article: USDA GRANTS PROTECTION TO 17 NEW PLANT VARIETIES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 3, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- 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 17 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include bean, corn 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 17 certificates are:
- the Pony Express variety of garden bean, developed ...