“…Grafting is also applied to native and cultivated tree species from tropical regions ( de Oliveira Castro et al, 2021;Mendes et al, 2020;Trueman et al, 2014;Wendling et al, 2017), and fruit and vegetable crops such as citrus, grapes, coffee, tomato, and others ( de Andrade et al, 2013;de Lima et al, 2021;Leão et al, 2020;Lopes and Mendonça, 2016;Meneses et al, 2020). As grafting has been used for centuries, it has proven an effective tool for trait improvements of different plants around the world where it was not previously possible (Colla et al, 2006;McAdam et al, 2016;Rivard and Louws, 2008).…”