ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,824, issued on April 21, was assigned to A. Duda & Sons Inc. (Oviedo, Fla.).
"Celery cultivar TBG 54" was invented by Lawrence K. Pierce (Quitman, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A celery cultivar designated TBG 54 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar TBG 54, to the plants of celery cultivar TBG 54, and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar TBG 54 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced...