Summary
Grafting joins a plant’s roots with a tasty top part, helping it resist soil germs.
The training showed how to pick good plant parts, plant them, and care for them, so farms can earn more. 🌱
Key Points
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30 farmers from ten states participated.
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The program covered seed selection, nursery care, watering, and pest control.
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Hands‑on practice included grafting eggplant and tomato.
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Grafted plants grow better even when the soil is tough.
New Words to Learn
6 wordsgrafting
joining two plant pieces so they grow as one
nursery management
taking care of young plants before they are planted in the field
soil‑borne diseases
sick germs that live in the ground and can hurt plants
adverse conditions
hard or bad weather or soil that makes growing tough
scion
the top part of a plant that is attached to another plant
rootstock
the bottom part of a plant that gives roots
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