粤油79是广东省农业科学院作物研究所采用一粒传法选育而成的高蛋白、多抗花生新品种。粤油79在广东省花生区域试验和国家南方花生品种区域试验中，产量均比对照种汕油523增产，并表现高抗青枯病、抗锈病和叶斑病。粤油79蛋白质含量为32.23%，油酸/亚油酸比值1.67。1999年通过广东省农作物审定委员会审定，2002年通过全国农作物审定委员会审定。
Yueyou 79, a high yield, good quality and multi-resistant groundnut variety, was developed by Crops Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences using single-seed descent method. Yueyou 79 was evaluated in Guangdong Groundnut Regional Test in 1996-1997 and in South China Groundnut Regional Test in 2000-2001, and the pod yield was higher than that of the control cultivars. It was higher resistant to rust (a score of 2.7), bacteria wilt (incidence of 1%) and late leaf (a score of 3.0) than control varieties. Its protein content and oleic acid/linoleic acid ratio was 32.23% and 1.67 respectively. Yueyou 79 was released by National Crops Variety Approval Committee in 2002 and by Guangdong Crop Variety Approval Commmittee in l999.