US Patent Issued to Del Monte International on July 1 for "Pineapple plant named 'FR28203'" (American, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. PP36,777, issued on July 1, was assigned to Del Monte International GMBH (Zug, Switzerland).

"Pineapple plant named 'FR28203'" was invented by Hans Sauter (Coral Gables, Fla.), Joao Rodrigues (Ceara, Brazil) and Ebrahim Firoozabady (Pleasant Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct pineapple plant named 'FR28203', comprising certain unique traits, standing out Fusarium resistance obtained after crossing and backcrossing Fusarium resistant pineapple lines with an MD-2 pineapple. The invention incorporates stable, inheritable resistances to Fusariosis disease in a pineapple variety capable of addressing all of the high-qu...