[
UK
/ɹˈuːtstɒk/
]
NOUN
- a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
- root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots
How To Use rootstock In A Sentence
- Sprigs of Burcombe, Fice, Upright, Birchenhayes and Smutts were all grafted on to special dwarfing rootstock two years ago. Country diary: St Dominic, Tamar Valley
- Rather than having been budded onto a rootstock, shrublets grow on their own roots, making these plants less susceptible to the ravages of winter.
- Plants that form rootstocks can be spurred to regrowth after several years through tillage.
- It's the same scion and the rootstocks are different, so you have a different tree - and there are thousands and thousands of root stocks that can affect quality, size, taste, all of these things.
- A range of rootstocks was examined, with different abilities of dwarfing; both ungrafted and grafted with the same scion shoot cultivar.
- Propagation is done by either dividing the rootstock with shoots or by planting seeds in a container of damp sand or loam.
- The effect of rootstock on wine quality is probably no greater than that of other factors such as soil, climate, fertilization, and irrigation.
- As a consequence, most people prefer to plant apple trees that have been grafted onto dwarfing rootstock.
- ‘We replanted with tighter spacing, better vine selections and rootstocks,’ said Kamen.
- The stack of the blighted rootstock will soon felt together.
