STUDIES ON SEED FORTIFICATION, POLLINATION AND STORAGE OF SUNFLOWER HYBRID KBSH-53
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2016-12-14
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU
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Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) belongs to the family Astreaceae and it is one
of the world‟s most important sources of vegetable oil. The native of sunflower is
reported to be southern parts of USA and Mexico. Sunflower ranks third, next to
groundnut and soybean in total production. In world it is cultivated in an area of 25.56
million hectares with an annual production of 40.64 million tonnes with productivity of
1590 kg ha-1 during 2015 (Anon., 2016).
Sunflower was introduced to India during 1969 as a supplement to traditional
oilseed crops to bridge the gap of recurring edible oil shortage in the country. The
commercial cultivation of sunflower was started in India during 1972-73 with an
introduction of Russian varieties from USSR and Canada. Now, the crop is well adopted
because of attributes such as short duration, photoperiod insensitivity, adoptability to
wide range of soil and climatic conditions, drought tolerance, higher seed multiplication
ratio (1:50) having high percentage of edible oil (45-50 %), which contains
polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA).
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