Look up: rootstock

1. Rootstock
   A rootstock is a plant, and sometimes just the stump, which already has an established, healthy root system, used for grafting a cutting or budding from another plant. The tree part being grafted onto the rootstock is usually called the scion. The scion is the plant which has the properties desired...
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2. Rootstock
   the root onto which a scion or bud is grafted or budded.
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3. Rootstock
   The roots and stems arise from this part of the plant.
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4. Rootstock
   Same as rhizome.
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5. rootstock
   [n] - root or part of a root used for plant propagation
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6. Rootstock
   Because of the consequences of the deadly root disease phylloxera, most vines in commercial vineyards are now grafted onto a suitable American variety (these are resistant to phylloxera). The precise choice of rootstock is a critical viticultural decision, as they all have different properties.
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7. Rootstock
   A propagation term for a vigorous rooting plant upon which another (known as a scion) is grafted
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8. Rootstock
   Rhizome.
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9. rootstock
   the collective roots in a stand,capable of sprouting Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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10. Rootstock
    Root'stock` noun (Botany) A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s...ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome.
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11. rootstock
    <botany> A short, erect, swollen structure at the junction of the root and shoot systems of a plant. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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12. rootstock
    noun root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots
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13. Rootstock
    • (n.) A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s/ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome.
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14. rootstock
    (from the article `horticulture`) Grafting involves the joining together of plant parts by means of tissue regeneration. The part of the combination that provides the root is called ... In grafting and budding, the rootstock can be grown from seed or propagated asexually. Within a year a small amount of scion material from one plant ......
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15. rootstock
    rootstock: see rhizome.
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16. rootstock
    Another name for rhizome, an underground plant organ
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17. rootstock
    The use of separate rootstock - essentially a clump of roots - onto which the vines are grafted was made necessary by the arrival of Phylloxera. The great Vitis vinifera varieties, such as Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc, quickly keel over and die in the presence of Phylloxera infestation. The Ameri...
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18. Rootstock
    The part of a plant (usually a tree) which has the roots and which will influence certain growing characteristics of the plant such as height
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19. rootstock
    short, erect, swollen structure at junction of a plant's root and shoot systems, for example a corm. Also used to describe (1) a part of a budded or grafted plant which supplies the roots, also called a rootstock, or plants grown specifically to produce these; (2) plants or seeds with some specific attribute, for instance virus-free plants.
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