Studies on performance of rose (Rosa spp.) under different growing condition.

An studies on different growing conditions in rose cv. Gladiator was carried out at College of Horticulture, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli during the year 2018-19 and 2019-20 in randomized block design with three treatment of growing condition viz., Open field, Polyhouse condition and Shadenet condition, it was undertaken by considering the commercial importance of rose to maximize the production of farmer throughout the year. The result revealed that, the significantly maximum plant spread (44.17), leaf area (8393.67 cm²), days taken for tight bud stage (39.16), was recorded in treatment T₂ i.e. polyhouse. Bud length (4.23 cm), bud diameter (3.44 cm), flower diameter (9.84 cm), stem diameter (1.78 cm), number of petal per flower (50.07), fresh weight of fully open flower (20.43 g), was recorded in treatment T₁ i.e. open.