ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,567, issued on March 11, was assigned to Forage Genetics International LLC (West Salem, Wis.).
"Alfalfa variety R414W279" was invented by Julie Ho (Davis, Calif.) and Peter Reisen (Nampa, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated R414W279. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety R414W279. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety R414W279 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety R414W279 with itse...