Pacific Nut Producer Magazine

Tag: Hazelnut Diseases

  • New Strain of Eastern Filbert Blight Concerns the Hazelnut Industry

    Eastern Filbert Blight has historically been a curse to the Pacific Northwest hazelnut industry, that is, until Oregon State University released several blight-resistant varieties. So, with exception to some of the older orchards remaining, growers have looked at this disease as a thing of the past. But is it really? Watch this brief interview with Shawn Mehlenbacher from the Hazelnut Breeding Program at Oregon State University as he shares concern for another strain of Eastern Filbert Blight that the OSU varieties have not been strong enough to combat.  Read more in Pacific Nut Producer Magazine. If you’re not currently receiving the print publication, subscribe for free at: https://malcolmmedia.com/subscribe/
    Please thank this video’s sponsor George Packing Company for their industry support.

  • Bacterial Blight Becoming Most Costly Disease for Hazelnut Growers

    As more Eastern Filbert Blight resistant hazelnut varieties continue to be planted across the Willamette Valley of Oregon, bacterial blight is quickly becoming the most costly disease issue growers are facing. Younger trees are more susceptible to this disease, and it can be found plaguing nearly every young orchard in the valley at one level or another. Watch this brief interview with OSU Hazelnut Extension Plant Pathologist Jay Pscheidt as he explains the situation and what growers can do about it. Read more about it in Pacific Nut Producer Magazine. If you’re not currently receiving the print publication, subscribe for free at: https://malcolmmedia.com/subscribe/
    Please thank this video’s sponsor George Packing Company for their industry support and come see them at the Nut Growers Society Annual Meeting in Grand Ronde, OR on Jan. 20th.