"A Practical Guide to Growing Roses Successfully” offers scientific solutions
to problems in rose gardening. The book discusses the following topics:
1. Recent advances in rose cultivation, pathology and breeding
techniques.
2. Factors to be taken into consideration for landscaping with roses.
3. Physical, chemical and biological properties of soil for a healthy plant
growth.
4. Selecting roses for color, fragrance and resistance to diseases.
5. Taking care of roses: fertilizers, irrigation, pest and disease controls.
6. Importance of using biological controls for pests and parasites.
7. Companion planting.
8. Safety in the rose garden.
9. Several techniques for rose propagation.
10. Importance of developing and growing disease resistant roses.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Ch 1. INTRODUCTION
Ch 2. MEETING THE NEEDS of ROSES
Ch 3. SELECTING and PLANTING ROSES
Ch 4. TAKING CARE of ROSES
Ch 5. PESTS
Ch 6. MICROBIAL PATHOGENS
Ch 7. SAFETY in THE GARDEN
Ch 8. COMPANION PLANTS
Ch 9. PROPAGATION of ROSES
Ch 10. ROSE BREEDING
CONCLUSION
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
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ALL ABOUT ROSES
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GROWING ROSES SUCCESSFULLY
by
Dr. Lakshmi Sridharan
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