单词 | top-grafting |
释义 | > as lemmastop-grafting top-grafting n. Horticulture a method of grafting in which scions are inserted into the branches or stem of the stock plant, used esp. to change the variety of fruit produced by a tree or vine. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] > grafting top-grafting1912 1836 Cultivator (Albany, N.Y.) Aug. 99/1 For top grafting, clay or cement of some kind is indispensable. 1912 F. A. Waugh Beginners' Guide Fruit Growing i. 13 Trees for top-grafting may be of almost any age. 1975 W. E. Shewell-Cooper Compost Fruit Grower viii. 118 Many of the trees consist of quite unsuitable varieties... It is, therefore, worth realising that top-grafting methods may be adopted which will convert one variety into another. 2005 Jrnl. Plant Pathol. 87 188/2 They [sc. pathogens] may have..spread and accumulated in a single tree by the use of infected budwoods, contaminated tools and top-grafting. < as lemmas |
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