▲ | cmrdporcupine 2 days ago | |
Vitis riparia (wild grapevine endemic to the whole eastern side of North America, grows like a weed all over extremely disease resistant and cold hardy) and hybrids with it also produce gum arabic from their spring pruning wounds: https://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov/2015/dec/grape/ Combined with the high sugars in the fruit and this cellulose things, overall an extremely useful plant. | ||
▲ | johnofthesea a day ago | parent [-] | |
It is also used as grafted rootstock for Vitis vinifera in majority of vineyards (at least in Europe). BEcause of Phylloxera [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylloxera#Fighting_the_%22phy... |