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Breeding and Genetics of Sunflower
(Elsevier Inc., 2015)
Sunflower is an annual plant. Its botanical name Helianthus comes from the Greek words helios (sun) and anthos (flower). Archaeological findings show that the American Indians were the first to cultivate sunflower in 4625 ...
Phenotyping for Root Traits
(Springer India, 2015)
Root system architecture determines crop capacity to acquire water and nutrients in the dynamic and variable soil environment. Increasing attention is paid to searching for optimal root traits to improve resource uptake ...
Cytogenomics and Mutagenomics in Plant Functional Biology and Breeding
(Springer, 2015)
One of the most important breakthroughs in the history of genetics and plant breeding was the development of plant cytology and experimental mutagenesis, which later brought about plant cytogenetics and mutation breeding ...
Eastern Europe Perspectives on Sunflower Production and Processing
(Elsevier Inc., 2015)
After the major producer, Argentina, turned to more soybean and corn in recent years, Eastern European countries, especially Ukraine and Russia, lead the production and crushing of sunflower in the world. Eastern European ...