rootstock
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Virtually all of our vines are planted on their own roots, while all of California is grafted onto rootstock that is resistant to a terrible pest called phylloxera.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2022
In 1847, an enslaved man known only as Antoine invented a way to graft pecan trees, melding the scion of one pecan tree to the rootstock of another for easy propagation.
From Slate • Nov. 24, 2022
The team tested how much 'torture' pistachio and walnut rootstock can withstand by placing them under drought stress.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2022
The soil of Napa Valley may be more diverse than any in the world and trying to understand all the variables, whether it’s rootstock, humidity or the effects of climate change, is humbling.
From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2020
A Caudex is the old name for such a peculiar trunk as a Palm-stem; it is also used for an upright and thick rootstock.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
