Rose
Rose
Rose
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Production technology of Rose
(Under protected condition)
Botanical Introduction
Rose, the king of flowers, is the most popular flower. With exquisite shape,
gorgeous colours, pleasant fragrance and countless varieties, it has gained eminence
in the flower trade all over the globe. No other flower is a better symbol of love,
adoration, innocence, and other virtues than the rose and not in our time only, but so
it has been for thousands of years. It is certainly the best known and most popular of
all garden flowers throughout the world and has been growing on this earth for many
million years before man himself appeared. Some countries have adopted rose as their
national flower. e.g. England.
Botanical description
Rose belongs to the family Rosaceae and all species of this flower with minor
exceptions belongs to the genus Rosa. The genus contains about 120 species and is
grouped under four subgenera, namely, Eurosa, Platyrhodon, Hesperhodos and
Hulthemia. The basic chromosome number in roses is 7. Several important species of
Asian origin are diploid (2n=14), whereas modern roses are tetraploid (2n=28).
Originally all roses grew wild. About 120 known wild species of roses, all
indigenous to the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, have been reported.
The species growing wild in India are Rosa brunonii (Himalayan Musk rose), R.
eglanteria, R. gigantea (syn. R. odorata var. gigantean), R. involucrate (syn. R.
clinophylla), R. leschenaultiana, R. longicuspis, R. macrophylla, R. moschata (Musk
rose), R. rubiginosa (Sweet Briar, Eglantine rose), R. walpoleana, R. sericea (Ladakh
rose). Till the nineteenth century only four species, R. gallica (Red rose), R. canina
(Dog rose), R. moschata (Musk rose) and R. phoenicia (Phoenician rose) played a role in
the development of cultivars grown at that time. The French rose (R. gallica) is an
ancestor of Moss roses, the Centifolias (Cabbage rose) and Damasks (R. damascena).
In course of time, a variant of R. damascena with tendency to bloom in summer has
produced autumn Damask (R. damascena bifera and R. damascena semperflorens).
The Persian Musk, one of the forms of R. moschata is very common in India. It was
introduced into England in 1599. Rosa gallica, known as French rose is native to
central and southeast Europe and is in cultivation prior to 1542
The stem is prickly, and leaves are alternate and pinnately compound. The oval
leaflets are sharply toothed. Roses have a determinant inflorescence that may assume
corymbs, paniculate or solitary form. The fleshly berry like fruit is known as hip.