Karnataka J.Agric.Sci.

,18 (2):(474-477) 2005

Influence of Bending and Pruning on Different Varieties of

Roses Under Naturally Ventilated Polyhouse
S. M. MANTUR, A. N. BAGALI AND S. R. PATIL
Department of Horticulture
College of Agriculture, Bijapur - 586 101
(Received : April, 2004)
Abstract: An experiment was carried out under naturally ventilated poly house at the College of
Agriculture, Bijapur during 2002-03 to study the effect of single bending (T1), double bending (T2) and
pruning (T3) on six exotic rose varieties viz. Miracle (V1), Polo (V2), Passion (V3), Sweetness (V4), Sky
line (V5) and First red (V6). Single bending and double bending treatments recorded significantly
higher number of flowers, stem length, and flower diameter compared to pruning, irrespective of
varieties. Among the varieties, significantly higher number of flowers were recorded in the variety
Sweetness (114.50/m2) followed by Passion(105.98/m2) which was on par with Polo(103.47/m2 ).
With respect to flower stem length Polo (64.18cm) was significantly superior followed by First red
(59.63cm) and Sky line(55.95 cm), while the flower diameter was significantly higher in First red
(2.62cm) followed by Polo (2.52cm) and Passion (2.45cm). Though the interaction effects were
found non significant, variety Polo, Passion and First red in combination with bending treatments
performed better with respect to flower stem length and diameter.

Introduction height of 6 m and 200 micron UV stabilized poly

Green house crop production is at
present practiced in more than 50 countries and
the cultivation of cut flowers under green house
was introduced to India in the early nineties. In
India area under protected cultivation is 500 ha
(Patil, 2001), concentrated around big cities,
which is dominated by rose cultivation. Though
there are different types of green houses, naturally
ventilated poly house is preferred in tropical
climates, in which temperature is reduced by
ventilation. Growing roses under poly house is
relatively new and there is a need for suitable
production technologies as suited to our
conditions. Little information is available on the
performance of individual varieties under Indian
conditions. Hence, the present investigation was
under taken to know the effect of bending and
pruning on flower yield of different varieties of
roses.
Material and Methods
The experiment was conducted at the
College of Agriculture, Bijapur which comes in
northern dry zone of Karnataka, under naturally
ventilated poly house during 2002-2003. Poly
house was installed with steel structure having a
sheet for cladding. Fogger system was operated
with electric timer. Red soil, sand and FYM was
added to the beds. After bed preparation
vermicompost was incorporated in the beds.
Beds were of 90 cm width with 60cm path and
length was 22m. Planting was done in two rows
with spacing of 45 cm x 20 cm accommodating
about 6.7 plants per m2 poly house area. Planting
of buddlings was done on 29.11.2002 and bending
and pruning treatments were imposed at two
months after planting. There were 18 treatment
combinations consisting of six varieties viz: V1 -
Miracle (pink) , V2 - Polo (white), V3 - Passion
(red) , V4 - Sweetness (orange), V5- Skyline
(yellow) and V6 - First red (red) and three canopy
management treatments ( T1-single bending, T2 -
double bending and T3 - pruning). The experiment
was laid out in factorial randomized block design
and replicated twice. Plants were allowed for
vegetative growth for two months by removing all
flower buds. After two months, in T1 all branches
were bent above a bud towards path at 900 angle,
in T2 all branches were bent twice above a bud
towards path at 450 angle and in T3 all the
branches were pruned back leaving one or two
buds. All unproductive (blind) and weak branches
were bent or pruned according to the treatment

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throughout the production period. Application of
fertilizer, plant protection measures were taken
up as per recommendations. The temperature
and relative humidity recorded at Meteorological
Observatory, Regional Agricultural Research
Station, Bijapur are given in table 1. Observations
on stem length, flower diameter, number of
flowers per plant and per m2 were recorded for 10
months (up to Sept-2003) and average data was
statistically analyzed.
Results and Discussion
Among the varieties, number of flowers
per plant (Table 2) was significantly higher in V4
(17.97) followed by V3 (15.97) which was on par
with V2 (15.82) and V6 (15.42) and lowest was in
V5 (13.97).For number of flowers per plant among
the treatments T1 (16.22) was followed by T2
(16.09) and these two treatments significantly
superior over T3 (14.32). Though the interaction
effect was found non significant the treatment
combination of V4 x T1 (19.60) recorded maximum,
number of flowers per plant followed by V4 x T2
(18.20), V3 x T1 ( 16.65) and V3 x T2 (16.50).
Similarly, with respect to number of
flowers per m2 (Table 3), significantly higher yield
was recorded with V4 (114.5 flowers/m2) followed
by V3 (105.98 flowers/m2) which was on par with
V2 (103.47 flowers/m2). Lowest yield was recorded
with V5 (92.78 flowers/m2) and V1 (92.70 flowers/
m2). The similar results were also recorded with
exotic rose varieties under naturally ventilated
polyhouse by Narayan Gowd et al. (1997). Among
the treatments T2 and T1 recorded significantly

Table 1. Weather data recorded at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Bijapur meteorological observatory
Months Max °C Min °C RH1 (%) RH2 (%)
7.30 am 2.30 pm
November 2002 31.0 14.1 78 54
December 2002 30.6 12.2 77 45
January 2003 30.1 14.7 74 36
February 2003 34.1 17.7 62 34
March 2003 36.2 20.5 62 39
April 2003 38.8 23.5 61 33
May 2003 40.2 23.8 70 34
June 2003 35.7 23.6 80 45
July 2003 32.2 22.3 87 59
August 2003 31.6 21.3 88 59
September 2003 31.7 20.6 89 57

Table 2. Number of flowers per plant as influenced by treatments for various varieties under naturally ventilated
polyhouse
Varieties T1 - Single bending T2 - Double bending T3 - Pruning Mean
V1 - Miracle 15.00 15.15 12.30 14.15
V2 - Polo 16.05 16.20 15.20 15.82
V3 - Passion 16.65 16.50 14.75 15.97
V4 - Sweetness 19.60 18.20 16.10 17.97
V5 - Skyline 14.30 14.60 13.00 13.97
V6 - First red 15.75 15.90 14.60 15.42
Mean 16.22 16.09 14.32 15.55
S. Em± C.D. at 5%
Variety 0.24 0.71
Treatment 0.17 0.50
VxT 0.41 NS

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Table 3. Number of flowers per m2 as influenced by treatments for various varieties under naturally ventilated
polyhouse
Varieties T1 - Single bending T2 - Double bending T3 - Pruning Mean
V1 - Miracle 98.40 99.00 80.70 92.70
V2 - Polo 105.20 106.40 98.80 103.47
V3 - Passion 108.95 111.15 97.85 105.98
V4 - Sweetness 116.40 120.35 106.75 114.50
V5 - Skyline 95.65 96.50 86.20 92.78
V6 - First red 104.30 105.00 96.75 102.02
Mean 104.82 106.40 94.51 101.91
S. Em± C.D. at 5%
Variety 0.88 2.61
Treatment 0.62 1.85
VxT 1.52 NS

Table 4. Flower stem length (cm) as influenced by treatments for various varieties under naturally ventilated polyhouse
Varieties T1 - Single bending T2 - Double bending T3 - Pruning Mean
V1 - Miracle 46.35 47.00 41.15 44.83
V2 - Polo 65.70 67.70 59.15 64.18
V3 - Passion 51.00 51.80 46.70 49.83
V4 - Sweetness 41.15 41.55 35.65 39.45
V5 - Skyline 57.00 58.10 52.75 55.95
V6 - First red 61.00 61.70 56.20 59.63
Mean 53.70 54.64 48.60 52.31
S. Em± C.D. at 5%
Variety 0.47 1.42
Treatment 0.34 1.00
VxT 0.82 NS

Table 5. Flowers diameter (cm) as influenced by treatments for various varieties under naturally ventilated polyhouse
Varieties T1 - Single bending T2 - Double bending T3 - Pruning Mean
V1 - Miracle 2.35 2.40 2.05 2.27
V2 - Polo 2.55 2.65 2.35 2.52
V3 - Passion 2.45 2.5 2.35 2.45
V4 - Sweetness 2.15 2.25 2.15 2.18
V5 - Skyline 2.45 2.50 2.15 2.37
V6 - First red 2.65 2.75 2.45 2.62
Mean 2.43 2.52 2.25 2.40
S. Em± C.D. at 5%
Variety 0.03 0.10
Treatment 0.02 0.07
VxT 0.06 NS

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higher yield (106.40 and 104.82 flowers/m2,
respectively) compared to T3 (94.51 flowers/m2) .
Bending treatments resulted in higher yield
compared to pruning. This could be attributed to
the production of carbohydrates by bent green
shoots and in turn helping in production of more
number of strong bottom breaks. Gurav et al.
(2002) studied the effect of pruning on green house
grown rose variety First red recorded maximum
flower yield with green bending. The maximum
number of flowers per m2 were recorded in V4 x T2
(120.35 flowers/m2) followed by V4 x T1 (116.40
flowers/m2), V3 x T2 (111.15 flowers/m2) and V3 x
T1 (108.95 flowers/m2) and lowest was in V1 x T3
(80.70/m2). However, the interaction effects were
found non-significant.
The flower stem length (Table 4) was
significantly higher in V2 (64.18 cm) followed by
V6 (59.63 cm) and lowest stem length was
recorded in V4 (39.45 cm). Bending treatments
recorded significantly higher stem length (T2 -
54.64 cm and T1 - 53.70 cm) compared to pruning
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