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Jefferson Hazelnut (OSU 703.007)

Rebecca McCluskey, Shawn Mehlenbacher and, David Smith (July, 2011)

Summary

‘Jefferson’ (OSU 703.007) was developed and evaluated at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, and was released in January 2009. This variety combines very high resistance to eastern filbert blight (EFB) caused by the fungus Anisogramma anomala (Peck) E. Müller with large nut size, good kernel quality, and high yields.