Influence of Growing Media and IBA on Damask Rose Cuttings.

Rose is an important flower crop throughout the world. It is called as ¿the Queen of flowers¿ and is favored for its exceptional beauty and fragrance. It has many uses like production of dried petals, rose oil (Attar), rose water (Ark-E-Gulab), rose wine, rose marmalade (Gulkand), rose jam, rose crystallized petals, rose honey and extraction of vitamin C from hips, for medicinal uses and for sale as cut flowers or loose flowers. The Plant bio regulators plays a pivotal role in influencing different plant processes comprising mostly of growth, differentiation and development e.g. rooting of cuttings, root growth, flowering, aging, prevention or promotion of stem elongation, color enhancement of fruit etc.. Indole Butyric Acid had the most effect on producing adventitious roots in stem cuttings. he growing media is on other important factor influencing root-formation in cuttings. planting medium must have a pH conducive to plant growth, a structure that will permit gaseous exchange to provide aeration for the rooting and permit water infiltration and movement. It is hoped that these readers shall find this book much useful for their studies and further research.