Graft hybrids

[dice]

Those are good articles. So there is genetic variability introduced
by grafting, without genetic engineering involvement, in both the
Russian and Chinese studies. The odd thing is that the Chinese
research came to the conclusion that the "new traits" were not
a result of genetic exchange between roots and scion, but rather
from an increase in mutations in the scion as a response to
stress. (This would seem to indicate that de facto land races
can develop in a much shorter time than we might have
imagined, due to the high number of transposons encoded
by some plant DNAs.)

[J Peazy]

Dice,

Thanks for summarizing that for me. I thought that was what they were getting at, but like I said, this stuff is all over my head.


Heritage,

I haven't even attempted grafting yet. There are some good resources online that cover cleft grafting. I think that is the method I will use because it looks like it creates a sturdier graft site. I'm definitely going to replant seed. I'm a novice, but I'm very interested in what my results will be.

Thanks,

J Peazy