US Plant Patent PP37193
FR20966
Pineapple plant named ‘FR20966’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 27, 2045.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP37193
- Filed
- January 27, 2025
- Granted
- January 6, 2026
- Expires
- January 27, 2045
- Assignee
- DEL MONTE INT GMBH
- Inventor
- SAUTER HANS; RODRIGUES JOAO
Abstract
A new and distinct pineapple, Ananas comosus , plant named ‘FR20966’, comprising certain unique traits, standing out Fusarium resistance obtained after crossing and backcrossing sexual crossing between plants of ‘Imperial’ variety (non-patented) and the variety ‘MD-2’ (non-patented). The new variety ‘FR20966’ in particular was the result of the back-cross of a selected plant of the ‘1/2.1531’ line, with a selected plant of ‘MD-2’, to achieve the combination of characters of interest that qualify ‘FR20966’ as a variety of commercial potential. The invention incorporates stable, inheritable resistance to Fusariosis disease in a pineapple variety capable of addressing all of the high quality requirements of global export markets.
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What is claimed is: 1 . A new and distinct Ananas comosus plant named ‘FR20966’, as illustrated and described herein.
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