Question

What is the difference between scion and stock

Answer 1

The scion contains the desired genes to be duplicated in future production by the stock/scion plant. In stem grafting, a common grafting method, a shoot of a selected, desired plant cultivar is grafted onto the stock of another type. ... The existing structural tissue (or wood) of the stock plant does not fuse.

Answer 2

scion is the upper part of the composite plant whereas stock is the portion on which grafting is carried out