US Plant Patent PP36736
LA18-100
Sweetpotato plant named ‘LA18-100’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends May 8, 2044.
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
- PP36736
- Filed
- May 8, 2024
- Granted
- June 10, 2025
- Expires
- May 8, 2044
- Assignee
- UNIV LOUISIANA STATE
- Inventor
- LABONTE DON R; VILLORDON ARTHUR Q; SMITH TARA P; GREGORIE JEFFREY COLE; POWER IMANA
Abstract
A new variety of sweetpotato, identified as ‘LA18-100,’ is disclosed having resistance to both southern root-knot nematode and Streptomyces soil rot; an orange-fleshed storage root, copper to light rose skin, early crops, and high yields.
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What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Ipomoea batatas plant named ‘LA18-100’, as described and illustrated herein.
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