<prompt> tafadhali geuza maudhui haya ya swahili kwenda kwa kiingereza.tru-ehe 3 mwezi machi 1998 kampuni ya mbegu za pamba kule amerika, delta pine land co., pamoja na idara ya kilimo nchini amerika usda walitangaza kupokea kwa hati miliki kutokana na teknolojia iliyo na uwezo wa nasaba itakayo fanya mbegu zikose kumea kwa mara ya pili.  <response>: on march 3, 1998, delta land and pine company, a large american cotton seed company, and the u.s. department of agriculture usda announced that they had been awarded a patent on a technique that genetically disables a seeds ability to germinate when planted a second season. 