That scar is an artifact of a process called grafting, or fusing two separate pieces of wood into a new tree. From citrus to ...

Although they appear to be one singular plant, they're actually two separate plants grafted together. The vibrant top is referred to as a scion, and the base of the plant is the rootstock.

Onalaska High School natural resources students had an opportunity Wednesday to learn a practice utilized by fruit growers for thousands of years: tree grafting. "We're basically making clones," said ...

People graft apple trees for many reasons. The main one is that apple trees planted from seed almost always produce fruit with inferior flavor to the fruit from the parent ...

A cutting from a plant is grafted (attached) on to the stem of another plant. The cut surfaces of the two plants grow together. A plant variety that grows poorly but produces desirable products ...

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To facilitate genetic exchange between cells from the two different plants, they grafted one plant onto the other and then monitored the flow of genetic information by fluorescence microscopy.

It's busy season at Belmont Nursery as many are revamping their vegetable garden, or testing their green thumb with annuals or perennials. But it's a special process called grafting that's why the ...

So why are trees grafted? There are a couple of reasons, according to LSU AgCenter fruit and nut specialist Michael Polozola. “Let’s use pecans as an example,” he said. “If you plant ...