Abstract
The deficiency of micronutrients is one of the main reason for low seed yield in oilseed crops in many developing countries including Pakistan. Therefore, this two-year field study was conducted to assess the influence of foliage applied micronutrients (individual/or in combination) on the yield and quality of sunflower hybrids. For this study, we hypothesized that foliage application of micronutrients will improve achene yield, oil quality and net returns in sunflower hybrids. The results indicated that sunflower hybrid ‘Parsun’ produced the higher head diameter, and had more 1000-achene weight, achene yield, oil content, stearic acid, palmitic acid and linolenic acid as compared to ‘FMC-1’. Likewise the tallest plants, greater number of leaves, maximum seed weight, the highest achene yield, and oil content were noted with the combined application of Zn+B. Highest achene yield with combined application of Zn+B also resulted in highest net income. The application of micronutrient also improved the oil content and oil quality. In conclusion, the hybrid ‘Parsun’ should be grown with the application of Zn+B (10 and 2 kg ha-1 respectively) to achieve higher achene yield, better seed quality and to earn higher net benefits in sunflower hybrids under arid climate of Layyah Punjab, Pakistan.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Parsun had higher head diameter and 1000-achene weight than FMC-1.
- Taxon
- sunflower
Helianthus annuuse0 - Material
- ‘Parsun’e0
- Outcome
- head diameter, and had more 1000-achene weighte0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- ‘FMC-1’e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“sunflower hybrid ‘Parsun’ produced the higher head diameter, and had more 1000-achene weight, achene yield, oil content, stearic acid, palmitic acid and linolenic acid as compared to ‘FMC-1’”
Claim · model-written summary
Parsun had higher achene yield and oil content than FMC-1.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Material
- ‘Parsun’e0
- Outcome
- achene yield, oil contente0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- ‘FMC-1’e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“sunflower hybrid ‘Parsun’ produced the higher head diameter, and had more 1000-achene weight, achene yield, oil content, stearic acid, palmitic acid and linolenic acid as compared to ‘FMC-1’”
Claim · model-written summary
Parsun had higher stearic acid, palmitic acid and linolenic acid than FMC-1.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Material
- ‘Parsun’e0
- Outcome
- stearic acid, palmitic acid and linolenic acide0
- Direction
- highere0
- Comparator
- ‘FMC-1’e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“sunflower hybrid ‘Parsun’ produced the higher head diameter, and had more 1000-achene weight, achene yield, oil content, stearic acid, palmitic acid and linolenic acid as compared to ‘FMC-1’”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined Zn+B application produced the tallest plants and greatest leaf number and seed weight.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuust0
- Treatment
- combined application of Zn+Be0
- Outcome
- the tallest plants, greater number of leaves, maximum seed weighte0
- Direction
- maximume0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the tallest plants, greater number of leaves, maximum seed weight, the highest achene yield, and oil content were noted with the combined application of Zn+B”
t0“SUNFLOWER HYBRIDS”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined Zn+B application gave the highest achene yield and oil content.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuust0
- Treatment
- combined application of Zn+Be0
- Outcome
- achene yield, and oil contente0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the highest achene yield, and oil content were noted with the combined application of Zn+B”
t0“SUNFLOWER HYBRIDS”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined Zn+B application gave the highest net income.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuust0
- Treatment
- combined application of Zn+Be0
- Outcome
- net incomee0
- Direction
- higheste0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Highest achene yield with combined application of Zn+B also resulted in highest net income”
t0“SUNFLOWER HYBRIDS”
Claim · model-written summary
Micronutrient application improved oil content and quality.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuust0
- Treatment
- application of micronutriente0
- Outcome
- oil content and oil qualitye0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The application of micronutrient also improved the oil content and oil quality”
t0“SUNFLOWER HYBRIDS”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend Parsun with Zn+B at 10 and 2 kg ha-1 under the arid Layyah climate.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Material
- ‘Parsun’e0
- Treatment
- application of Zn+B (10 and 2 kg ha-1 respectively)e0
- Outcome
- should be grown with the application of Zn+Be0
- Setting
- Layyah Punjab, Pakistane0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the hybrid ‘Parsun’ should be grown with the application of Zn+B (10 and 2 kg ha-1 respectively) to achieve higher achene yield, better seed quality and to earn higher net benefits in sunflower hybrids under arid climate of Layyah Punjab, Pakistan”
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