Graft Compatibilities of Hornbeam (Carpinus) Species and Hybrids

摘要

In the development of new plant selections it is critical to determine whether existing nursery practices are still appropriate for use during their propagation and production. For Carpinus selections of all species compositions, the standard nurserypractice has been to graft them onto C. betulus (Tim Brotzman, Alan Jones, and Mark Krautmann, pers. comm.). The main reason for this has been the fact that the majority of hornbeam cultivars are from European hornbeam (C. betulus) and grafting these onto the other commonly available understock, American hornbeam (C. caroliniana) results in significant overgrowth of the understock by the scion material.