Cultivation

Rootstock — Vitis berlandieri Planch. x Vitis riparia Michx.

Vitis berlandieri Planch. x Vitis riparia Michx.

Vitis berlandieri x Vitis riparia hybrids are classified exclusively as rootstock forms. There is no evidence of their use as scions.

In the reference 7 varieties crop Vitis berlandieri Planch. x Vitis riparia Michx., where this is mentioned in the description.

Interspecific hybrids of Vitis berlandieri x Vitis riparia are rootstock forms and are not used as scions for berry production. Their breeding purpose lies in combining the ease of cutting propagation, inherited from Vitis riparia, with high tolerance to active lime in the soil, characteristic of Vitis berlandieri.

These hybrids serve as a basis for grafting Vitis vinifera cultivars. The use of these forms as rootstocks allows for overcoming biological limitations associated with chlorosis on calcareous soils, while providing the necessary phylloxera resistance and graft take of the grafted nursery stock.

General information about the subject — on the page Scion.

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Varieties of Vitis berlandieri Planch. x Vitis riparia Michx. mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.