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Rootstocks
Rootstock Characteristics provides a guide for selecting suitable rootstock for different environmental situations (e.g. lime, acid soil, salinity, magnesium uptake, drought, water logging), summarising information from local experience and other sources.
Abstract of an article on Root length and mass densities of Vitis vinifera cultivars 'Muscat Gordo Blanco' and 'Shiraz.
Grapevine clones
Vine improvement programs have been established in each state to provide certified planting material for grower requirements. Grapevine Clones used in Australia (.PDF 639.0KB) provides information on the planting material available through these programs. It lists approximately 200 elite clones located at the Australian National Nuclear Collection at Dareton NSW.
Clones which are only held in genetic resource collections can be found in the 'National Register of Grapevine Varieties and Clones', published by the Australian Vine Improvement Association (external site).
