That scar is an artifact of a process called grafting, or fusing two separate pieces of wood into a new tree. From citrus to ...

Grafting is used as an efficient method of plant propagation. As in other methods of vegetative or asexual plant propagation — cutting, division, layering and tissue culture — the value of ...

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Grafting is a common horticultural technique used to propagate plants and combine desirable characteristics of different plant varieties into one plant. Grafting involves taking a scion ...

Plants that are produced by artificial propagation are genetically identical to each other and to the parent. A group like this is called a clone. Advantages for the plant of carrying out asexual ...

Some ornamental trees and plants ... To reliably propagate the large numbers of trees needed to fulfill orders, nurseries depend on grafting — and they’re busy doing so right now.

Splice grafting is a method of grafting that involves joining two plant parts together to grow as a single plant. It is commonly used for propagating fruit trees, ornamental plants, and woody shrubs.