Plant grafting: new mechanisms, evolutionary implications

Grafting, an old plant propagation practice, is still widely used with fruit trees and in recent decades also with vegetables. Taxonomic proximity is a general prerequisite for successful graft-take and long-term survival of the grafted, composite plant. However, the mechanisms underlying interspeci...

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Main Author: Eliezer E Goldschmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2014.00727/full