rootstock

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You're right, what's for sale are are rootstock trees.

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a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure

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noun

a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure

noun

root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rootstock.

noun

a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure

noun

root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots

Example sentences

You're right, what's for sale are are rootstock trees.

Once they got it, they graft it onto rootstock.

If you buy local the clones will be grafted onto a rootstock that matches your zone.

The clone produces consistent fruit, and the dwarfing rootstock produces easily harvested trees.

The rootstocks that apples are typically grafted onto are genetic variants that don't grow as large.

Unlike mangoes, the rootstock can result in the same scion variety of apple growing into a 50 foot tree or a 5 foot shrub- thats a huge amount of control!

I think most apple varieties intended for mass orchard production are clone cuttings grafted onto dwarfing rootstock.

The rootstock used for the bottom of the graft can be selected to produce trees of a large variety of sizes, as well as changing the winter hardiness, insect and disease resistance, and soil preference of the resulting tree.

They found enhanced photosynthetic rates with Arabica-Arabica scion-rootstock grafts over ungrafted plants.

Arabicas grafted onto Robusta rootstocks showed lower net photosynthesis, but also decreased transpiration rates, suggesting that there is a productivity penalty for increased drought protection as found by other authors.

Of course, if they try merely to graft a California-lite onto their new rootstock...well, they could be an important new source of protein for the locals...I don’t think this creative dynamic could happen in other “tech hub cities”, because, frankly, there is no essential culture there to work with.