Techniques for Improved Grafting

Grafting has been used for centuries and continues to be an important propagation tool. In tree improvement, grafting may be used for concentrating breeding stock, stimulating flowering, increasing seed yield and viability, and for growing exotics on native hardy root stocks (Ahlgreen, 1962). The grafting techniques described in this article are modifications of current procedures aimed at improving grafting success.


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Author(s): Wayne H. Smith, Ray E. Goddard, J. G. Hickman

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 23, Number 4 (1972)

Volume: 23

Number: 4