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

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

A rhizome, or rootstock, is a horizontal underground stem.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth