Rose is one of nature's most beautiful creations and is
universally extolled as "Queen of flowers". Rose belongs to the
family Rosaceae and Genus Rosa. The genus Rosa comprises
nearly 120 species and 30,000 cultivars. Rose is a symbol of
love, adoration and innocence and it occupies a prominent
position in the tradition, religious and social culture of every
country in the world. Rose as cut flower has great demand in the
internal as well as export markets. The demand for cut flowers is
increasing day by day with the increasing standard of living,
aesthetic sense and awareness in the people. Rose is the top
ranking cut flower in the flower trade on the basis of average
production and consumption. Rose flowers are diverse having
exquisite shape, size, beautiful colours and delightful fragrance.
In India, roses are grown for cut flowers, for making garlands,
bouquets, in flower arrangement, vase decoration, hair
adornment, for worshipping, to prepare gulkand, pankhuri and
to extract essential oil, attar and rose water (Arora, 1990).