US Patent Issued to Bejo Zaden on May 5 for "Spinach plants resistant to Peronospora farinosa and Stemphylium vesicarium" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,109, issued on May 5, was assigned to Bejo Zaden B.V. (Warmenhuizen, Netherlands).

"Spinach plants resistant to Peronospora farinosa and Stemphylium vesicarium" was invented by Jordi Cornelis Boshoven (Warmenhuizen, Netherlands), Stefanus Johannes Kaandorp (Warmenhuizen, Netherlands), Raimon Jozef Laan (Warmenhuizen, Netherlands), Roelof Marinus Veenstra (Warmenhuizen, Netherlands) and Albertus Johannes Maria Schrijver (Warmenhuizen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are spinach plants resistant to Peronospora farinosa and Stemphylium vesicarium, and spinach plants additionally resistant to Cucumber Mosaic Viru...