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Grapevine scion gene expression is driven by rootstock and environment interaction.
BMC plant biology - 22 Apr 2023
Harris Zachary N, Pratt Julia E, Kovacs Laszlo G, Klein Laura L, Kwasniewski Misha T, Londo Jason P, Wu Angela S, Miller Allison J
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BACKGROUND: Grafting is a horticultural practice used widely across woody perennial crop species to fuse together the root and shoot system of two distinct genotypes, the rootstock and the scion, combining beneficial traits from both. In grapevine, grafting is used in nearly 80% of all commercial vines to optimize fruit quality, regulate vine vigor, and enhance biotic and abiotic stress-tolerance. Rootstocks have...
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