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Rose has always been object of great attention because of its beauty and utility and now it has great economic importance worldwide. Identification, description, conservation and utilization of natural resources is required for long term sustainable protections. Based on different morphological characteristics, wild growing rose plants were collected from five different sites in the Northern hilly areas and it was found that these plants belonged to two Rosa species (Rosa webbiana and R. brunonii). Detailed information of certain morphological traits of all genotypes were recorded and further relationship among samples was also explored. It was found that of R. webbiana collected from Nathia gali and Muree showed maximum similarity (83%) among all rose genotypes. On the other side, R. brunonii collected from Sunny bank and Ayyubia showed almost same (80%) similarity level. It reflected that genotypes collected from different geological conditions did not posses much difference within species, but there was slight difference because of variations in environmentally influenced charters like, leaf length, plant height and fruit length. Plants of these two species did not show much diversity i.e., less than 50%, which gives an opportunity to uses them in further breeding program for the crop improvement. Soil samples were also collected from sites of plant collection and analyzed for different characteristics. A little difference was found in soil samples so it can be said that soil have no affect on distribution of roses in the areas.

Atif Riaz, Adnan Younis, Mansoor Hameed, Muhammad Aslam Khan, Rashid Ahmed, Atiq Raza. (2007) Assessment Of Biodiversity Based On Morphological Characteristics Among Wild Rose Genotypes , , Volume-44, Issue-2.
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