Determinación de la duración del ciclo y estados fenológicos de cinco variedades de Rosa sp. en la provincia de Cotopaxi, parroquia Guaytacama

Abstract

The aim was to determine the length of the cycle and phenological stage of five varieties of Rose sp, in the Province of Cotopaxi, Guaytacama Parish, for which a detailed study was carried out with systematic observations and accurate records in the Melany Flowers plantation established in Guaytacama, where five beds of each variety were chosen at random, the design is completely randomized blocks (DBCA), with five treatments and five replications. V1: Deep purple, V2: Candlelight, V3: Mondial, V4: Explored, V5: Bikini, for their follow-up, evaluations of the cycle and phenological stages were carried out, resulting in the lowest number of days from pinch to bud swelling was 7.96 days in the Candelight variety; from swelling to 2 leaves was 12.5 days; from 2 leaves to 4 leaves was 7.6 days; from 4 to 6 leaves was 7.52 days in the Mondial variety respectively; from 6 leaves to rice point was 7.45 days; from rice point to pea point was 7.59 days in the Depp purple variety respectively; from the pea point to the chickpea point was 7.74 days in the Mondial variety; from the chickpea point to color painting was 7.62 days in the Depp purple variety; from color painting to cutting was 12.16 days in the Candelight variety; therefore, it is necessary to perform the pinches considering the period of the phenological stages of the five varieties to reach the production peaks according to the market needs.