Industries · Emerging
Hazelnuts
Clonal tissue culture propagation of Corylus avellana for Australian hazelnut orchard production and for truffle host tree programmes.
Research basis. AgriFutures Australia runs the Australian Hazelnut Program of Research (AHAZ), a multi-year research programme with themes including cultivar performance, pest and disease management, and industry development. See AgriFutures Hazelnut industry.
Why tissue culture
- Clonal true-to-type material of high-performing cultivars
- Rapid multiplication to support orchard expansion
- Clean planting material free of systemic pathogens
- Compatible pipeline for hazelnut-based truffle host tree production (with mycorrhizal inoculation handled in the nursery phase)
Hazelnut and truffles
In Australia, hazelnut is one of the two main host species used in the truffle industry, alongside oak. We work with both orchard hazelnut programmes and truffle host tree programmes — see our truffle trees page for more on that side of the industry.
References
- AgriFutures Australia. Hazelnut industry.