rootstock
rootstock
Definition
root·stock (ro̵̅o̅t′stäk′, ro̵ot′-)
noun
- Bot.
- rhizome
- a plant onto which another is grafted as a new top
- Zool. the rootlike, attached portion of a hydroid colony
rootstock
Usage Examples
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.
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