Effect of the environment on the chemical composition and some other parameters of sunflower seed quality

Abstract

Considering the area of sunflower cultivation in the world, the profit made by selling the seed varieties and sunflower hybrids, the number of companies whose business activity is related to production and selling of sunflower seed, the tendency of the struggle for taking the greatest market share is bigger and tougher. This type of competition conditions all seed companies to encourage as many producers as they can with their choice of hybrids and seed quality, all aimed at making bigger profits. The common argument of seed companies for attracting producers is the chemical composition of seed. Chemical composition of sunflower seed consists of great number of different organic compounds, the oil content and proteins being the most important. The objective this research has been to evaluate the differences appearing in seed quality parameters in two localities.