title: Plant grafting: making the right connections.
abstract: The cultivation of many crops relies on the formation of chimeric plants, where roots from one variety are grafted onto the shoot of another. A new study uncovers how two plants connect and demonstrates that the root and shoot do not contribute equally to the union.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Plant Integrative Plant Biology, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, UK.
authors.forename: Britta M C
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Kümpers
authors.affiliation: Centre of Plant Integrative Plant Biology, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, LE12 5RD, UK. Electronic address: Anthony.bishopp@nottingham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bishopp
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000502:physiology*; D000069600:Plant Breeding / Q000379:methods*; D058526:Plant Vascular Bundle / Q000254:growth & development*