Grafting

by Surriento

Grafting is often used in the agricultural industries to produce stronger plants, as can be seen in apple trees sold in nurseries. Apple trees carry either one of 2 genes, one promoting fruit growth to producing favorable fruit, the other, a resilient tree (ex. drought). Despite efforts, to cross and produce trees with both favorable traits, the effort has yet come to frutation. As now, in order to gain the benefits of both genes, agriculturalists graft, cutting the trunks of the young trees and crossing them. By attaching the top of the favorable fruit producing tree to the drought resilient roots of the other and stabilizing it, assuming that the grafting is successful, the outcome should be an apple tree with the capability to produce favorable apples while still maintaining its resilience.