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US Plant Patent PP24052

Seleno-Red

Opuntia plant named ‘Seleno-Red’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 9, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 21, 2032. This patent earned 80 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24052, the photograph of Seleno-Red printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24052, 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
PP24052
Filed
March 21, 2012
Granted
December 3, 2013
Expires
June 9, 2032
Assignee
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FRESNO, USDA, BANUELOS GARY, DIENER JOHN, FREEMAN JOHN LEONARD, RED ROCK RANCH LLC
Inventor
BANUELOS GARY; FREEMAN JOHN LEONARD; DIENER JOHN

Abstract

A new and distinctly salt and boron tolerant cultivar of prickly pear ( Opuntia ficus - indica ), named ‘Seleno-Red,’ is particularly distinguishable by its ability to tolerate and grow in high concentration of salt, boron and selenium-laden soil. The cultigen was originally discovered by stringent selection of randomly harvested cladodes (modified stems) and potentially from isolation of a single unique cladode or sport that exhibited high levels of salt and boron tolerance necessary for survival, and then propagated into the ‘Seleno-Red’ cultivar. The cladodes were originally randomly harvested from different individual plants and screened from within a naturally segregating wild population or accession. The ‘Seleno-Red’ cultivar has orange-red flowers, mature green cladodes without glochids, and red-purple fruit. When grown in a saline/selenium-laden soil, the spineless ‘Seleno-Red’ cultivar absorbs high concentrations of natural-occurring selenium, volatilizes selenium, and produces edible cladodes and fruit enriched with potential anti-carcinogenic forms of organic selenium.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct salt and boron tolerant, selenium accumulating cultivar of Opuntia ficus - indica named ‘Seleno-Red,’ as substantially illustrated and described herein.

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