Indian Agric. Research Inst. IARI

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Rose Breeder and Discoverer

Listing last updated on Wed Aug 2024

New Delhi, Delhi
India

http://www.iari.res.in/
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Also: Division of Vegetable Crops & Floriculture, India

[FromThe Ultimate Rose Book, by Stirling Macoboy, p. 299:] The Indian Agricultural Research Institute has for some years now been breeding roses especially for Indian conditions, and the gardens of the Indian Rose Society in Delhi display some splendid roses as a result.

[From Applied Mutational Breeding for Vegetatively propagated Crops, by C. Broertjes, 1988, p. 198-199:] Kaicker and Swarup (1972) treated dormant buds of three cultivars (Christian Dior, Kiss of Fire and Queen Elisabeth) with γ-rays (50, 75 and 100 Gy) or with one of several chemicals, including EMS, N-nitroso-N-methyl urethane (NMU) and ethylene imine (EI). Both methods seemed to be equally effective in the production of flower colour mutations, but the number of mutations obtained were too low for definite conclusions to be drawn. The same authors later reported that γ-rays are far more effective (Swarup et al., 1973). They obtained a variety of mutants, some of which were put on the market, such as 'Madhosh' (from 0.25% EMS treatment of 'Gulzar budwood; Kaicker and Swarup, 1978) and the mutant cultivars Abhisarika, Pusa Christiana and Striped Christian Dior (Kaicker, 1982)...

[From Rose Breeders of India, by Dr. N.K. Dadlani, 2014, p. 72:] ...The team [at IARI] led by Vishnu swarup and including R.S. Malik, A.P. Singh and U.S. Kaicker, researched the rose genetics and cytology to gain insight about choice of parents, female and male fertility, inheritances pattern of flower colour, size and fragrance. The approach to rose breeding was more scientific involving genic manipulations, chromosome engineering using aneuploidy and induced mutations through both physical and chemical mutagens. The first set of varieties from this group came in 1968...the team...was expanded to include N.K. Dadlani, B. Singh, H.P. Singh and later K.V. Prasad and D.V. Raju. Some of the more prominent ones include Mrinalini, Raktagandha, Jawahar, Bhim, Dr. B.P. Pal, Priyadarshini, Mother Teresa among HTs and Prema, Sadabahar, Neelambarim Chandrama, Mohini etc. in the Floribunda group. The varieties developed through mutagenesis included Abhisarika and Pusa Christina.