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Plant skin grafts could result in new kinds of vegetables
A company in the Netherlands says it has perfected a way to create "graft chimeras" with the skin of one plant and the ...
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Grafting 101: Behind the scenes of your fruit tree’s journey and why process is important
Some ornamental trees and plants, including Japanese magnolias, Japanese maples and camellias, also are grafted. Grafting is somewhat of an art, and because it is a laborious procedure ...
A tree with 40 different fruits planted in Philadelphia
Contemporary artist Sam Van Aken is bringing the “Tree of 40 Fruit” to Temple University’s main campus in Philadelphia. This ...
Nature20d
Grafting as a potent molecular tool
Grafting two transgenic plants triggers lateral gene transfer at the graft site but does not elicit long-distance transport of DNA into the scion or root of the graft. Initially Ralph Bock's ...
A tree that bears 40 different fruits takes root in the Temple campus
Artist Sam Van Aken's 'Tree of 40 Fruit' uses grafting to create wonder but also to preserve regional agricultural traditions ...
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Propagating and growing plants
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 ...
Onalaska High School natural resources students learn fruit tree grafting
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 ...