European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

A REVIEW ON IN VITRO MICROPROPAGATION OF ROSA DAMASCENA MILL L.

Uma Maheswari N.* and Vaishnavi K

ABSTRACT

In tissue culture such as rapid multiplication, cultivar development via somaclonal variation and genetic transformation. Tissue culture allows overcome some of the sterility problems through direct regeneration. In vitro propagation rose has played a very important role in rapid multiplication of cultivars with desirable trails and production of healthy and disease- free plants. During the last several years, different approaches have been made for in vitro propagation of rose. Micropropagation using apical buds or nodal segments and understanding the specific requirements at different stages has been comprehensively covered in literatures. Roses are the most economically important flowers in the world. There are more than 20,000 commercial cultivars, which are collectively based on only 8 of the approximately 200 wild species in the genus Rosa. Traditionally, most ornamental roses are heterozygous and do not breed true to type, they are therefore propagated vegetatively. Miniature roses are usually propagated by cuttings but the roses are usually propagated by budding are bench-grafting onto rootstocks of species such as Rosa canina ‘Inermis’ and Rosa multiflora ‘simplex’. The conventional propagating methods are very slow, time consuming and tiring.

Keywords: Rosa damascena Mill L., in vitro, Micropropagation, Shoot multiplication, BAP, Root induction.