Behavior of new rosa cultivars in ecopedological conditions of the Vânători village, Galați County

Abstract

The interest for the cultivation of the rose in field has increased in the last years, but the various ecopedological conditions existing on the Romanian territory impose the necessity of some studies regarding the behavior of the different varieties at these conditions. The paper aims to evaluate the behavior of four new varieties of roses from the group Tea hybrida (‘Artemis’, ‘Alex Dima’, ‘Catrina’ and ‘Cristinica’, varieties belonging to the author and approved in 2018 and 2019), in the cultivation conditions in the SE area of Romania, respectively Vânători village, Galati county. The study included the evaluation of the decorative value of the plants based on the morphometric determinations performed during the vegetation period and the rating of the main characters according to the evaluation method proposed by Ştefan Wagner. By using the method of assessing morphological characteristics, a method based on the assessment criteria used by the American Rose Society for the registration of new rose varieties, the highest score was recorded by the variety ‘Alex Dima’ (84 points) and the lowest score by the variety ‘Cristinica’ (82 points).