scented among the 200 species of rose. Rosa damascena Mill is preferred for high-quality rose oil used in perfumery, cosmetics, and food markets. It is crucially important for a company to retain the monopoly of the elite strain when it generates the elite strain by breeding.
Kaur et al. reported the molecular evaluation of R. damascena by means of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. Among the 58 primers they used, one decamer primer OPV-4 could distinguish six oil-rich varieties of R. damascena. The elite strain of R. damascena could be efficiently proliferated by micropropagation technique.