All-male asparagus hybrid NJ 854

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 23, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 14, 2023. This patent earned 161 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number

PP16140

Filed

October 14, 2003

Granted

December 6, 2005

Expires

March 23, 2024

Assignee

UNIV RUTGERS

Inventor

GARRISON STEPHEN A; CHIN CHEE-KOK; KINELSKI JOHN J

No cultivar name of record

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Abstract

A new and distinct all-male asparagus ( Asparagus officinalis ) hybrid denoted ‘NJ 854’ was developed through extensive breeding and selection. Asparagus hybrid ‘NJ 854’ has many desirable traits including vigorous plant growth, high yield, good resistance to rust ( Puccinia asparagi ) and good field tolerance to asparagus root rot ( Fusarium oxysporum ) and asparagus crown rot ( Fusarium moniliforme ). The plants and plant parts of ‘NJ 854’ are described as well as the hybrid asparagus seeds and plants produced by crossing asparagus plant ‘NJ 854’ with another asparagus plant.

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1. A new and distinct all-male asparagus hybrid plant named ‘NJ 854’ as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16140 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.