Grafting on GM root stock can be used to:
- Benefit from improved characteristics of rootstock (e.g. rooting
capacity, resistance to soil-borne diseases) - Change the gene expression in the scion due to movement of specific proteins and/or RNA from the rootstock leading to new trait
- Study the movement of macromolecules in the plant and the silencing and expression of genes
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