HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Grafting and budding are horticultural techniques used to join parts from two or more plants so that they appear to grow as a single plant. In grafting, the upper part (scion) of one plant grows on the root system (rootstock) of another plant. In the budding process, a bud is taken from one plant and grown on another.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rootstock is the base and root portion of a grafted plant. It’s grafted onto the scion, which is the flowering or fruiting part of the plant, in order to create a new plant with superior qualities.

Detailed explanation-3: -(a) Grafting is a method of artificial propagation in which the stem of two plants are cut, one with and the other without roots. These stems are then joined together to form a single plant. (b) The lower portion of the graft, i.e. the stem with roots is termed as a stock.