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topwork

[′täp‚wərk]
(botany)
A procedure employed to propagate seedless varieties of fruit and hybrids, to change the variety of fruit, and to correct pollination problems, using any of three methods: root grafting, crown grafting, and top grafting.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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While studying topworking using different combinations of lychee cultivars, authors (HU et.al., 2010) noticed a vigorous growth of 'Nuomici' topworked into 'Baitangying', and also of cv.
The highest mean number of leaves were obtained by plants topworked with cv 'Bengal', which was statistically higher than that of the cultivars 'Nuomici', 'Heiye', and 'Kway May Pink' except for the cultivar 'Feizixiao'.
There were no significant differences in leaf greenness (SPAD value) among topworked cultivars with an average of 37.7 throughout the experiment (Table 6).
The low SPAD values of the topworked cultivars compared with those reported by Fu et al.
The amount of chlorophyll was similar for all topworked cultivars, thus indicating the feasibility and vigor of these graftings.
Topworking of 'Bengal' lychee trees in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil/Sobre-enxertia de lichieiras cv. Bengal no estado de Sao Paulo, Brasil
The assembly mounting/interface components are 316 stainless steel investment castings, profiled to adapt to standard ISO valve topworks.
Easy testing of valves and actuators
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