rootstock

Converse of object

• dwarf: See the picture below which clearly shows how the apple tree has been grafted onto a dwarfing rootstock.
• creep: Tillage operations, the hoeing of root crops and the removal of the creeping rootstock will all help to reduce the weed.
• use: Growers could only protect their trees from tristeza by not using sour orange rootstocks, which are highly susceptible to the virus.
• exhaust: Control should aim to prevent seeding as well as exhaust the rootstocks.
• have: The secret, she reveals, is to have rootstock beginning to grow, but the variety wood dormant.
• recommend: Fruit trees are grown on rootstocks which affect the growth and fruiting potential of the tree, with dwarfing rootstocks recommended for smaller gardens.

Adjective modifier

• sour: Growers could only protect their trees from tristeza by not using sour orange rootstocks, which are highly susceptible to the virus.
• vigorous: Tree fruits Tree fruits on the more vigorous rootstocks are unlikely to need feeding once they are established.
• standard: In fact, that they are virus free may explain why they are slightly more vigerous than the standard rootstocks.
• woody: Most die down to ground level in the autumn, some go back to a woody rootstock.
• own: Many roses and fruit varieties would be very weak if grown on their own rootstocks.
• resistant: Perhaps the drive for clonal diversity on resistant rootstock is due to new vineyard development and the replanting of infected vineyards.

Modifies a noun

• tree: Today, with help from past government incentives, orchards consist of dwarf rootstock trees, rarely growing beyond head height.

Noun used with modifier

• dwarf: Grown on a modern dwarf rootstock it is now quite possible to cultivate a good quality heavy yielding small tree in a tub.
• orange: Growers could only protect their trees from tristeza by not using sour orange rootstocks, which are highly susceptible to the virus.
• seedling: Seedling rootstocks are raised and potted up before being brought into the glass house before grafting, so as to achieve a quick union.
• pear: Quinces are very widely used as pear rootstocks, and have been so used at least since the 14th century in France.
• grapevine: A gene fragment, coding for the coat protein of the virus, is introduced into cells of healthy grapevine rootstock.
• fruit: Or for further information select from the following topics: Rootstocks: Information on selecting fruit tree rootstocks.