Very occasionally, a shoot arises from the junction between grafted plants that is a strange mix of the two – called a graft chimera – with the outer layer of one plant and the insides of another.

A recent review offers critical insights into the graft healing process in plants, a key aspect of successful asexual reproduction. By examining the complex interactions between phytohormones ...

A research team delves into the role of the Target of Rapamycin (TOR) signalling pathway in plant grafting, emphasizing its role in regulating seedling vigor, graft junction healing, and shoot-to ...

Varanasi: Under the Uttar Pradesh Agricultural Research Council (UPCAR) project at the Indian Institute of Vegetable Research ...

Bud grafting is a fascinating technique used to combine the desired traits from two different adenium plants. The key is to select a healthy, mature rootstock plant and a scion (bud with stem ...

The scientists showed that ‘editing’ in this way doesn’t only work when root and shoot in grafting are from the same plant species – in this case the model plant Arabidopsis or thale cress. They also ...