Effect of Sodium Azide in Yield and Yield Contributing Traits of Confectionary Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L. is one of the widely grown oilseed crop around the world. It is one of the useful contingent crops especially under rainfed cultivation owing to its day neutral nature and tolerance to temperature and soil moisture regimes (Natikar et al. 2013) Soybean, groundnut, rapeseed, mustard are the major competitors of Sunflower at global level. India is the fourth largest sunflower growing country among the world. Sunflower oil contains 4045% of edible along with high concentration of poly unsaturated fatty acids and it is recommended for heart patients. Two types of Sunflower are available in market viz. oil seed and confectionary type. Confectionary type of Sunflower is largely grown in Argentina. In European countries, kernels of confectionary sunflower are used in bakery products. As the seeds of confectionary sunflower is larger compared to oil seed type, the main aim of confectionary sunflower breeding is to develop low hull content lines with high yielding ability. The success of any crop improvement programme in meeting the various objectives is dependent upon availability of necessary genetic variation and to produce with latest technologies present in International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319 7706 Volume 7 Number 09 (2018) Journal homepage: http:/www.ijcmas.com