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US Plant Patent PP18409

NJ44P

Asparagus plant named ‘NJ44P’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 10, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18409, the photograph of NJ44P printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18409, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP18409
Filed
May 10, 2006
Granted
January 8, 2008
Expires
May 10, 2026
Assignee
UNIV RUTGERS
Inventor
GARRISON STEPHEN A; CHIN CHEE-KOK; KINELSKI JOHN J

Abstract

A female asparagus plant ( Asparagus officinalis ) denoted ‘NJ44P’ was developed through extensive culture and selection from a field of the variety Mary Washington. Plant ‘NJ44P’ 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 mondiforme ). These desirable traits have been shown to be transmissible to its progenies. The invention relates to plants and plant parts of ‘NJ44P’ plant. The invention further relates to hybrid asparagus seeds and plants produced by crossing the asparagus ‘NJ44P’ plant with another asparagus plant.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of Asparagus Plant ‘NJ44P’ as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18409 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.