Plant Spacing and Nutrients Management in Sunflower: Sunflower Agronomy

Sunflower is world?s fourth prevalent oilseed and premier cash crop. Pakistan is facing an acute dearth of edible oils and imports it to encounter its low oilseeds production. Amid numerous factors responsible for low yield, management of fertilizers and planting pattern are of copious importance. Plant population and their appropriate adjustment in field is the vital component of package production technology. Nutrients management has prime prominence and maximum intrinsic potential of achene yield can only be achieved when nutrients are applied in balanced form with recommended doses of fertilizers. This book not only describes the sunflower agronomy but also accentuated that sunflower hybrid Hysun-33, should be planted at a planting distance of 75 x 20 cm and be provided with 150-105 N-P kg ha-1 fertilizers to acquire its supreme yield potential.