Artist Sam Van Aken's 'Tree of 40 Fruit' uses grafting to create wonder but also to preserve regional agricultural traditions ...

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 ...

If you have a question for the Master Gardeners, submit them to us on our website at www.netmga.net. Click the link at the top of the page, “Ask A Master Gardener” to send in your question. Questions ...

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.

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 ...

It's busy season at Belmont Nursery as many are revamping their vegetable garden or testing their green thumb with annuals or perennials.