US Patent Issued to Bejo Zaden on Feb. 3 for "Plants of the species Beta vulgaris with resistance to Cercospora" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,884, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Bejo Zaden B.V. (Warmenhuizen, Netherlands).

"Plants of the species Beta vulgaris with resistance to Cercospora" was invented by Jacob van Dorp (Warmenhuizen, Netherlands), Rosaline Anna Maria Jong (Warmenhuizen, Netherlands), Dora Lisa Moita E Coelho (Warmenhuizen, Netherlands) and Albertus Johannes Maria Schrijver (Warmenhuizen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are Beta vulgaris plants resistant to Cercospora. Also provided herein are methods for identifying Cercospora resistant Beta vulgaris plants, methods for providing Cercospora resistant Beta vulgaris plants and m...