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Performance and yield of sunflower (Helianthus annuus) cultivars under rainfed and irrigated conditions in Sudan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

H. A. Amir  and
F. M. Khalifa
H. A. Amir
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Gezira, Wad-Medani, PO Box 20, Sudan
F. M. Khalifa
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Gezira, Wad-Medani, PO Box 20, Sudan
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Summary

A trial of open-pollinated (OP) cultivars and hybrids of different origins was conducted in 1986–1988 at two sites in the central clay plains of Sudan, rainfed at one site and under supplementary irrigation at the other. Throughout this study, the patterns of growth of the OP cultivars differed greatly from those of the hybrids, despite differences amongst cultivars within each group. Differences in seed yield between OP cultivars and hybrids under irrigation were not significant; but, under rainfed conditions, the hybrids gave higher yields than the OP cultivars. Partitioning efficiency (PE; reproductive mass: total biomass) increased more rapidly during flowering and seed filling in the hybrids than in the OP cultivars; differences in PE between the two groups were significant. The higher leaf area index, leaf area duration and crop growth rate of the OP cultivars were compensated to some extent by the higher PE and leaf efficiency values of the hybrids, resulting in similar seed yields of all cultivars under irrigation. Overall, irrigation increased seed yield by 0·6–1·9 t/ha and increased oil content by 8–15%.

Type
Crops and Soils
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 116 , Issue 2 , April 1991 , pp. 245 - 251
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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