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rootstock
It is currently a common practice to graft budwood from a vine having desirable characteristics onto specific roots from another variety having other characteristics (specifically pest resistance). After the great phylloxera devastation of the last century in Europe, the practice became standard to graft European vinifera buds onto American rootstock.
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