Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXII, Issue 1
Written by Luxiţa RÎŞNOVEANU, Gabriel Florin ANTON, Maria JOIŢA-PĂCUREANU, Danil STANCIU, Alexandru BRAN, Mihaela DAN, Elisabeta SAVA
The purpose of effective weed management is the inclusion of the best measures and strategies to make sustainable sunflower production, and unfavourable for weeds. Application of pre-emergent herbicides and using herbicides tolerant sunflowers will give a good protection for this crop. Introduction of imidazolinone and tribenuron-tolerant sunflower hybrids in practice is a revolutionary advancement in sunflower production. Using the sources of genes for resistance to herbicides for transferring this characteristics into valuable inbred lines there have been obtained high tolerant sunflower genotypes, after many generations of selection. Resistant sunflower hybrids, with high seed yield potential, as well as with high oil content have been released. Such hybrids are very well protected of the broomrape (Orobanche cumana), due to the imidazolinone herbicides control on this parasite. New sunflower inbred lines having the new gene, CLHA Plus have been obtained. The new hybrids which can be used in CLEARFIELD Plus system will be better protected of weeds, also of broomrape parasite.
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