Influence of sulphur and magnesium on growth and yield of sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
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Abstract
The trials were conducted during summer and rainy seasons (khar~fl of 1993 to study the influence of sulphur and magnesium fertilization on the yield attributes and seed yield of Morden sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Application of sulphur and magnesium increased the plant growth. Summer crop established early having the higher shoot length followed by kharifone. Combined application of sulphur at 45 kgka and magnesium at 45 kglha reduced the days to 50% flowering in both the seasons by about 3 days, increased the number of filled seedshead, disk weight, 100-seed weight and kernel : husk ratio significantly. Thc sced yield was also increased by 6.2 and 14.9% during summer and kharf seasons respectively.References
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