Apple varieties are propagated vegetatively by grafting a known cultivar to a selected rootstock, both of which interact to produce the tree that will produce, or not, for the commercial grower. In ...

It makes picking the right type and rootstock crucial to ensure the tree fits your garden, as full-size pear trees can reach 30 feet. The advantage of dwarf rootstocks is that you can grow fruit ...

Abiotic stress affects crop growth and production, reducing yields by more than 50%. The use of grafted plants on stress-tolerant rootstocks in crops and fruit trees has been recommended as an ...

A key factor in getting a successful crop is the tree's rootstock. To ensure a productive tree, nurseries attach part of one tree to another recommended for growing fruit. This is called grafting ...

Most apple trees are grafted onto dwarfing rootstocks and only grow to be about 8-10 feet tall. So even if you're short on space, you probably have space for two trees. If you have limited space, pay ...

Many different types of propagation are used in the walnut nursery industry to create finished propagated trees for orchard planting including sexual propagation (rootstocks only), micro-propagation, ...

Rootstocks are selected based on several traits including ... Current plum breeding programs are focused on developing improved flavor, trees resistant to the plum pox virus (Hartmann and Neumüller ...

For smaller gardens, you want to be looking mainly for dwarf varieties, patio trees and ordinary varieties grafted onto dwarf ...

You Garden has the solution if you’re short on space in your garden but want to reap the benefits of growing your own fruit!

The lime tree generally freezes at temperatures much below freezing (32 degrees). The surviving, more cold hardy rough lemon (reported to survive temperatures below 20 degrees) was the rootstock ...