This is part of a weekly series answering "Why is that?" questions about Salem and the Mid-Valley. The question: Why does the Oregon state nut have two names? We have the answer. But first, a little ...
ROLESVILLE, N.C. -- A gray minivan bumps down an unmarked lane one recent morning and pulls into what appears to be a neatly groomed, dormant orchard. On the sloping, one-acre plot stand 500 filbert ...
Eastern filbert blight, a fungal pathogen that kills hazelnut trees, first made its way to the Northwest in the 1960s. Since then, farmers have managed the fungus by pruning infected trees and ...
Eastern filbert blight (EFB), caused by the fungus Anisogramma anomala, remains one of the primary challenges for hazelnut cultivation, particularly affecting European hazelnut (Corylus avellana) ...