They hope to breed the plants for larger nut yields, improved flavor, cold-hardiness and resistance to the Eastern Filbert blight, a disease that affects many hazelnut plants, Current said. The ...
To understand the intertwined histories of people and plants, Armstrong often works for and with Indigenous Elders and knowledge-holders. Through previous projects, Armstrong became aware of oral ...
The hazelnut tree has long been a part of the landscape ... that Indigenous stewardship practices helped shape plant species distributions and kept populations of salmon healthy, all of that ...
A team of environmental management specialists, dendrologists and Indigenous studies researchers found evidence showing that Indigenous people living in British Columbia cultivated hazelnut trees ...