Background: Sunflower leaf curl disease, caused by begomovirus and transmitted by whitefly (Bemisia tabaci), is a major constraint in sunflower production, leading to significant yield and oil losses. Identifying resistant genotypes and understanding associated resistance mechani...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i53960
Sunflower is an important oilseed crop, and the development of productive hybrids depends on the identification of suitable parental lines and superior cross combinations. The present investigation was carried out to identify the best general combiners among the parental lines an...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2026/v32i74345
K. Prabhakar, K. Venkataramanamma, B. V. R. P. Reddy, Y. S. Satish Kumar, K. Ramesh, R. Narasimhulu, K. Satish Babu, K. Arun Kumar & N. C. Venkateswarlu·International Journal of Plant & Soil Science·2023
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif and Rabi seasons of 2017-18 to 2021-22 at Regional Agricultural Research station Nandyal to study the SSNM effect on yield system economics of sunflower based emerging cropping systems and soil nutrient status. Maize- sunflower cropp...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i203862
The present investigation was executed with two lines and 12 testers along with 24 F1s and check NDSH 1012 for six yield and its component traits to ascertain the combining ability and heterosis. The analysis of variances showed highly significant differences among the parents fo...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i7971
This research evaluated the genetic diversity and character association among 45 sunflower inbred lines. Principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical cluster analysis were used to estimate diversity among the inbred lines. The PCA revealed that the first three principal co...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2025/v47i103839
In India, sunflower cultivation is increasingly constrained by leaf curl disease, primarily caused by begomoviruses transmitted by whiteflies. This study aimed to evaluate the resistance of 48 sunflower genotypes to leaf curl disease during the rabi season of 2024–25 at the Regio...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2025/v47i63532
The present investigation aimed to study the genetic diversity of 45 sunflower inbred lines to identify genetically distinct parents for hybridization, facilitating the development of high yielding hybrid cultivars. The field experiment was carried out during the Rabi 2023-2024 a...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i92382