rootstock
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In the vineyard, these include using more disease and drought resistant grapes and rootstock, which require fewer chemical sprays and less water.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2024
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
Winzeler and Wenk grafted more than 500 scions of rootstock at the start of the season, of which two-thirds took.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2021
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
The seal is the circular scar left by the death and separation of the base of the stout stalk from the living rootstock.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
