rootstock
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Once scientists realized that the American vines were resistant to the pest, they used grafting to combine the Vitis vinifera scions — pinot noir, cabernet sauvignon, champagne — with the American, phylloxera-resistant rootstock.
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2022
In other states, efforts to ban the trees have faced resistance from the plant industry, researchers said, given how much nurseries rely on their hardiness in using it as rootstock.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2021
Previously, folk would simply make new by grafting scion wood of the desired variety to rootstock.
From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2020
As a result, these old vines of monastrell, or mourvèdre as it’s known in French, did not have to be grafted onto American rootstock, which resists phylloxera.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2019
Short stout shoots which arise directly from the rootstock make the best cuttings.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
