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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Splice grafting is a method of grafting that involves joining two plant parts together to grow as a single plant. It is commonly used for propagating fruit trees, ornamental plants, and woody shrubs.

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 ...

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 ...