Assessment of Host (Corylus sp.) Resistance to Eastern Filbert Blight in New Jersey
Journal: Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science
Year: 2012

One hundred ninety clonal accessions of Corylus , including species and various interspecific hybrids of C. avellana , C. americana , C. heterophylla , C. colurna , and C. fargesii , were assessed for their response to field exposure to the eastern filbert blight (EFB) pathogen, Anisogramma anomala , in New Jersey, where the fungus is native. Plants were obtained from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service National Clonal Germplasm Repository and Oregon State University