Breeding of flower crops and ornamental plants

Many ornamentals such as rose and lily have been in cultivation for thousands of years. Plant improvement has been continuous during this time of deliberate differential reproduction of certain plants by people of many cultures. This process of selection over the years has been extremely effective; most of cultivated plants no longer even remotely resemble their wild ancestors. Plant breeding, the systematic improvement of plants has become a specialised technology, and it is responsible for a large part of the current progress in Horticulture. The main objective of ornamental flowers breeding is to produce flowers with faultless beauty, novelty and originality play an important and basic role in the market of flowers together with better vase life and transport adaptibility.