Volume 1
Table of Contents
Lead Speaker Lectures
Applying ecophysiological knowledge and methods to unravel the genetical basis for tolerance of leaf growth to water deficit in sunflower. Luis A. N. Aguirrezábal, Argentina, 31
Changes In Disease Incidence Over The Last Decade In The US And Around The World, And Research To Address These New Challenges. Thomas J. Gulya, Brent Hulke, Gerald J. Seiler, Samuel Markell, Hans Kandel, USA 37
Genomics, mapping and marker assisted selection strategies for disease resistance. Norma Paniego, María Eugenia Bazzalo, Mariano Bulos , Veronica Lia, Corina Fusari, Daniel Alvarez, Emiliano Altieri, Maria Laura Ramos, María Teresa Galella, Marcos Kaspar, Ruth Heinz, Alberto Escande, Andrés Zambelli, Carlos Sala, Argentina, 38
Current status and future perspectives on sunflower insect pests. Jarrad R. Prasifka, Brent S. Hulke, USA, 41
Genetics and breeding of herbicide tolerance in sunflower. Carlos A. Sala, Mariano Bulos, Emiliano Altieri, María Laura Ramos, Argentina, 43
From the lab to the market: new challenges for sunflower oil quality research.
Leonardo Velasco, Begoña Pérez-Vich, José M. Fernández-Martínez, Spain, 44
Invited Speaker Lectures
Tocopherol mutations in sunflower. Yakov Demurin, Russia, 51
DuPont™ ExpressSun™ Herbicide Technology in Sunflower. Leon G. Streit, Switzerland, 57
Combining Chemistry & Genetics for Plasmopara Resistance Management. Dr Christian Schlatter, Switzerland 56
Clearfield® Plus Technology in Sunflowers. Brigitte Weston, Gregory McNevin, Dale Carlson, USA, 58
Association mapping of drought tolerance in sunflower: phenotypic and genetic characterization of INTA inbred lines. Maria Valeria Moreno, Corina M. Fusari, Verónica Nishinakamasu, Daniel Alvarez, Julio Di Rienzo, Esteban Hopp, Ruth Heinz, Norma Paniego, Verónica V. Lia, Argentina, 59
1- Phytopathology
Genetic variability and QTL for sunflower tolerance to premature ripening caused by Phoma macdonaldii. Bordat Amandine, Mestries Emmanuelle, Dechamp-Guillaume Grégory, Bros Vanessa, Descorps Charlène, Marchal Lucie, Perez Raphaël , Vincourt Patrick, France, 65
Manifestation of “black stem” by Phoma macdonaldii and its relationship with reserves in stem and the source/sink ratio in sunflower . Iris Evangelina Nuñez Bordoy, Facundo José Quiroz, Guillermo Dosio, Argentina, 66
Screening perennial Helianthus species for powdery mildew. Boško Dedic, Sreten Terzic, Jovanka Atlagic, Dragana Miladinovic, Jelena Mrda, Sonja Tancic, Vladimir Miklic, Serbia 67
Heterosis and the level of white rot resistance at early stages of development in sunflower. Fernando Castaño, Marcela Godoy, Argentina, 68
Precision in the genotype evaluation of sunflower white rot resistance since the amount of used resources. Santiago Germán Delgado, Fernando Castaño, María Gabriela Cendoya, Teresa Salaberry, Facundo Quiróz, Argentina, 69
Emerging races arising from recombination facilitated by multiple introductions of the sunflower downy mildew Plasmopara halstedii in France
François Delmotte, Denis Tourvieille de Labrouhe, Sophia Ahmed, France, 70
Spatial genetic structure of sunflower downy mildew at the field scale. Delmotte François, Elameen Abdelameen, Denis Tourvieille de Labrouhe, Amandine Bordat, Emmanuelle Mestries, France, 71
Advances in Phoma macdonaldii (Leptosphaeria lindquistii) epidemiology. Descorps Charlène, Hebrard Cécile, Rakotonindraina Toky, Dechamp-Guillaume Grégory, Mestries Emmanuelle, Aubertot Jean-Noël, France, 72
Sources for resistance to the leaves pathogenes caused grey (Phomopsis helianthi), brown (Alternaria sp.) and black (Phoma macdonaldi) spots on sunflower originated from the wild species Helianthus annuus L. Valentina Encheva, Daniela Valkova, Galin Georgiev, Michail Christov, Bulgaria, 73
Reevaluation of Phomopsis species affecting sunflowers in the United States
Febina Mathew, Kholoud Alananbeh, Nikolay Balbyshev, Erik Heitkamp, Lisa Castlebury, Thomas Gulya, Samuel Markell, USA, 74
Determination of Puccinia helianthi races in the United States Northern Great Plains. Andrew Friskop, Thomas Gulya, James Jordahl, Megan Ramsett, Ryan Humann, Maricelis Acevedo, Robert Harveson, Samuel Markell, USA, 75
Pyramiding QTLs for Verticillium dahliae resistance. María Teresa Galella, María Eugenia Bazzalo, Mónica Morata, Carlos Cimmino, Marcos Kaspar, Martín Grondona, Roberto Reid, Andrés Zambelli and Alberto León, Argentina, 76
Field incidence of sunflower downy mildew using seed dressing with metalaxyl-M. García-Ruiz R. , López-Rivera S., García-Carneros A.B., Molinero-Ruiz L., Spain, 77
Intraspecific polymorphism of Plasmopara halstedii affecting sunflower in Krasnodar region of Russian Federation revealed by molecular markers. Saida Guchet, Tatiana Antonova, Tatiana Tchelustnikova, Nina Araslanova, Russia, 79
A Bromoviridae member associated with chlorotic leaf symptoms on sunflowers. Fabián Giolitti, Claudia Nome, Griselda Visintin, Soledad de Breuil, Nicolás Bejerman, Sergio Lenardon, Argentina, 78
Characterization of a phytoplasma affecting sunflower crops in Argentina
Fabiana Guzmán, Fabián Giolitti, Franco Fernandez, Claudia Nome, Sergio Lenardon, Luis Conci, Argentina, 80
Test Results of immunomodulators against phomopsis stem canker in sunflower. V. Ya. Ismailov, A.T. Podvarko, V.M. Androsova, I.I. Shulyak, Russia, 81
Sieving of INTA´s Sunflower Germplasm Bank against Phoma macdonaldii at Balcarce, Argentina. Natali Lazzaro; Facundo J. Quiro; Daniel Alvarez; Alberto Escande, Argentina, 82
First report of virulence variability of Phoma macdonaldii in Argentina. Lazzaro, N; Quiroz, FJ; Escande A, Argentina, 83
Evaluation of Pseudomonas fluorescens PICF7 as potential biocontrol agent against Plasmopara halstedii in sunflower. M.M. Maldonado-González, A. García-Carneros, P. Prieto, N. Lucena-Lucena, Molinero-Ruiz, J. Mercado-Blanco, Spain, 84
Resistance to downy mildew among sunflower germplasm. Mancuso, N.; González, J.; Ivancovich, A Ludueña, P, Argentina, 85
Downy mildew of sunflower as affected by nitrogen fertilization. Molinero-Ruiz L. , Domínguez J., Orgaz F, Spain, 86
A survey of physiological races of Puccinia helianthi in Argentina. Pablo Salvador Moreno, Amelia Bertero de Romano, María Celia Romano, Pablo Vergani, Mariano Sposaro, Mariano Bulos, Emiliano Altieri, María Laura Ramos, Carlos A. Sala, Argentina, 87
Sustainable management of sunflower downy mildew risk. Penaud Annette, Moinard J, Tourvieille de Labroue D., Walser P., Pinochet X., Thiery C., Dordolo M., Marage G. , Mestries Emmanuelle, France, 88
Towards the inventory of pathogenicity effectors on Plasmopara halstedii, the obligate oomycete responsible for Downy Mildew in sunflower Helianthus annuus. Quentin GASCUEL , Falah AS SADI , Marie-Claude BONIFACE , Charles ROSENBERG, Laurence GODIARD, Patrick VINCOURT, France, 89
Grouping sunflower genotypes by reaction to alternaria leaf spot (Alternaria helianthi) and yield. Regina M.V.B.C. Leite,Maria Cristina N. de Oliveira, Brasil, 90
Effects of plant density on sunflower premature ripening caused by Phoma macdonaldii. C. Seassau, G. Dechamp-Guillaume, E. Mestries, Debaeke, France, 91
Genetic Diversity of Macrophomina phaseolina Isolates from Different Regions and Host Plants. Sonja Tancic, Boško Dedic, Aleksandra Dimitrijevic, Ivana Imerovski, Nenad Dušanic, Dragana Miladinovic, Serbia, 92
The biology and epidemiology of sunflower white blister rust, Pustula helianthicola. Otmar Spring, Sukanya Soonagahalli Lava, Germany, 93
Previously undescribed species of Diaporthe responsible for stem cankers on Australian sunflowers – an ongoing investigation of causal species. Sue Thompson, Yu Pei Tan, Stephen Neate, Elizabeth Aitken, Roger Shivas, Australia, 94
Proposal for improvement of sunflower downy mildew race nomenclature. Denis TOURVIEILLE de LABROUHE, Pascal WALSER, Daniel JOLIVOT, Sylvie ROCHE, Fréderic SERRE, Marie LEGUILLON, François DELMOTTE, Amandine BORDAT, Laurence GODIARD, Patrick VINCOURT, Felicity VEAR, France, 95
Genetic analysis of the sunflower downy mildew resistance gene Pl2. Felicity VEAR, Denis TOURVIEILLE de LABROUHE, Sylvie ROCHE, Marie-Claude BONIFACE, Amandine BORDAT, Patrick VINCOURT, France, 96
Performance evaluation of different sunflower lines and hybrids (Helianthus annus) against Verticillium dahliae. Paola S. Verón, Antonio Ivancovich, Argentina, 97
Susceptibility of sunflower breeding material to Alternaria sp. Karolina Vrandecic, Drazenka Jurkovic, Jasenka Cosic, Tomislav Duvnjak, Jelena Postic, Croatia, 98
Biparental QTL and Association Mapping for Sclerotinia Head Rot Resistance in Cultivated Sunflower. Jeremías Zubrzycki, Corina Fusari, Carla Maringolo, Julio DiRienzo, Gerardo Cervigni, Verónica Nishinakamasu, Carla Filippi Carolina Troglia, Facundo Quiroz, Daniel Álvarez, Alberto Escande, Esteban Hopp, Ruth Heinz, Verónica Lía, Norma Paniego, Argentina, 99
2 - Physiology
Molecular markers associated with leaf expansion response to water deficit conditions. Alberdi Ignacio, Pereyra-Irujo Gustavo, Zambelli Andrés, Kaspar Marcos, Feingold Sergio, Álvarez Daniel, Aguirrezábal Luis, Argentina, 103
Temperature during grain filling affects grain weight and oil concentration in sunflower hybrid both directly and through the reduction of radiation interception. Patricia Angeloni, María Mercedes Echarte, Luis Aguirrezábal, Argentina, 104
Can the intraplant pollen offer be related with fruit set failures in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)? Studies in modern hybrids and cross-pollinated varieties. Valentina Astiz, Andrea Flemmer, Luis F. Hernández, Argentina, 105
Modeling of environmental causes of hybrid by sowing date interaction in sunflower: a statistical approach. Igor Balalic, Miroslav Zoric, Jovan Crnobarac, Vladimir Miklic V, Velimir Radic, Serbia, 106
The effect of maternal environment on sunflower (Helianthus annuus) achenes dormancy level at harvest: the thermal environment. Paula Bodrone, Diego Batlla, Verónica Rodríguez, Sebastian Arisnabarreta, Argentina, 107
Production of phytohormones in stressed and inoculated sunflower seedlings.
Castillo P, Escalante M, Gallardo M, Masciarelli O, Abdala G, Alemano S. Argentina, 108
Variability in salt tolerance mechanisms in sunflower. Gabriel Ceccoli, Maria Eugenia Senn, Bustos, D., Ortega, L., Córdoba, A., Vegett, A., E. Taleisnik, Argentina, 109
Photosynthetic consequences of Phomopsis helianthi on two sunflower hybrids: analysis and modelling. Myriam Desanlis, P. Maury, J.N. Aubertot, L. Lagarrigue, Philippe Debaeke, France, 111
Carbon allocated to sunflower grains provide a framework to understand oil fatty acid composition regulation by post flowering assimilate availability.
Echarte María M., Alberdi Ignacio, Aguirrezábal Luis A.N., Argentina, 112
Antioxidant activity and physiological bases of recovery from cold stress.
Ernesta Andrea Fabio, María del Cármen Díaz Goldfarb, Argentina, 113
Maternal effect on response of oleic acid content to temperature in high oleic sunflower. Claudio Ferfuia, Maurizio Turi, Gian Paolo Vannozzi, Italy, 114
Evaluation of Argentine wild sunflower biotypes for drought stress during reproductive stage. Ivana Fernández Moroni, Matías Fraysse, Alejandro Presotto , Miguel Cantamutto, Argentina, 115
Spatial variability of cadmium absorption in intact roots of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Marie-Aline Laporte, Laurence Denaix, Sylvie Dauguet, Francis Flenet, Stéphane Thunot, Christophe Nguyen, France, 117
Timing of morphological and histological development of sunflower fruit. A description model with practical implicances. Lilia I, Lindström, Luis F. Hernández, Argentina, 118
Changes in source-sink relationships during grain-filling and its effects on sunflower root system viability and canopy functionality. Sebastian Lisanti, Juan Manuel Cabarcos, Antonio J. Hall, Claudio Chimenti, Argentina, 119
Influence of water deficit and canopy senescence pattern on sunflower root functionality during the grain-filling phase. Sebastian Lisanti, Rodolfo Datsira, Antonio J. Hall and Claudio Chimenti, Argentina, 120
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) leaf senescence analysis by a physiological and molecular approach. Sebastián Moschen, Paula Fernández, Sofia Bengoa Luoni, Norma Paniego, Luis Aguirrezábal, Guillermo Dosio, Ruth A. Heinz, Argentina, 121
Influence of substrate, chemical treatment and length of storage on sunflower seed germination. Jelena Mrda, Jovan Crnobarac, Velimir Radic, Nenad Dušanic, Boško Dedic, Sreten Terzic, Vladimir Miklic, Serbia, 122
Quantitative determination of the contribution of photosynthetic cotyledons on growth of sunflower seedlings. Mariana , C. Petersen , Mónica L. Murcia, Natalia Clemente , Francisco J. Cardinali, Argentina 123
Effect of maternal environment on sunflower fruit dormancy (Helianthus annuus): photoperiod and incident radiation. Pizzorno, L., Batlla, D., López Pereira, M., Argentina, 124
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seed dormancy period: a comparison between two hybrids. María Celia Romano, Arnaldo Norberto Vázquez, Amelia Bertero de Romano, Argentina, 126
Correlation between the responses of leaf expansion and hypocotyl elongation to water deficit in sunflower (Heliantus annuus L.) genotypes. Natalia E Sato, Gustavo Pereyra Irujo, Cecilia M Creus, Luis A N Aguirrezabal, Argentina, 127
Growth kinetics at early stages of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) under soil compaction. Virginie Mirleau-Thebaud, Javier David Scheine, Jean Dayde, France, 128
Wilting contributes to genotypic differences in the response of transpiration rate to soil drying. Luciano Velázquez, Ignacio Alberdi, Luis Aguirrezábal, Gustavo Pereyra Irujo, Argentina, 129
3– Herbicide Resistance
Effect of cytochrome P450s inhibitors on imidazolinone resistance in sunflower. Gabriela Breccia, Mercedes Gil, Tatiana Vega, Roxana Zorzoli, Liliana Picardi, Graciela Nestares, Argentina, 133
Invasive helianthus interference in an imi sunflower crop. Mauricio Casquero, Ana Julia Luisoni, Karen Kiehr, Miguel Cantamutto, Argentina, 134
Laboratory method for detection of tribenuron-methyl resistant sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Aleksandra Dimitrijevic, Ivana Imerovski, Dragana Miladinovic, Sinisa Jocic, Goran Malidza, Gordana Surlan-Momirovic, Vladimir Miklic, Serbia, 135
Soil-less bioassay for the identification of plants carrying different imidazolinone-tolerant alleles in sunflower. Mercedes Gil, Gabriela Breccia, Tatiana Vega, Mariano Bulos, Carlos Sala, Graciela Nestares, Argentina, 136
Genetic quality control in Clearfield Plus sunflower hybrids. Sergio Katz , Sebastian Bravo , Mariano Bulos , Carlos A. Sala, Argentina, 137
Improved weed Control in Clearfield-Plus Sunflowers with superior herbicide solutions. Matthias Pfenning, Siyuan Tan, Juan Perez-Brea, Germany/USA/Argentina, 138
Sensibility to AHAS inhibitors in progenies of wild Helianthus annuus hybridized to a CL sunflower cultivar. Alejandro Presotto, Ramón Gigon, Juan Pablo Renzi1, Mónica Poverene, Miguel Cantamutto, Argentina, 139
Relative tolerance, stability, and reliability of two herbicide tolerance traits in sunflower. Carlos A. Sala, Mariano Bulos, Brigitte Weston, Argentina/ USA, 140
Imisun tolerance is the result of the interaction between target and non-target tolerance mechanisms. Carlos A. Sala, Mariano Bulos, Emiliano Altieri & María Laura Ramos, Argentina, 141
Yield and Oil Improvements in Clearfield® Plus Sunflowers. Brigitte Weston, Matthias Pfenning, Juan Perez-Brea, Siyuan Tan, Gregory McNevin, Dale Carlson, Amelia Bertero de Romano, Celia Romano, Mariano Bulos, Carlos Sala, USA/Germany/Argentina, 142
Sunflower Tolerance and Weed Control from Pyroxasulfone. Rich Zollinger, Phillip W. Stahlman, Brian Jenks, Michael Moechnig, Brian Olson, Dallas E. Peterson, Curtis R. Thompson, USA, 143
4– Markets
Challenges for the Sunflower Oil Market for 2020. Dominguez Brando, Jorge*, Sarquis, Alejandra V., Argentina
Oleic Sunflower production: current situation and trends for the future . Françoise Labalette, Pierre Jouffret, André Merrien, France, 147
Current uses and markets of the French Sunflower production. Françoise Labalette, Yann Raoul, France, 148
Socio-environmental impacts of sunflower production as feedstock for biodiesel in southern Minas Gerais, Brasil. N. P. Ramos, C. C. A. Buschinelli, L.P. Fontes, H. B. Vieira, C. Castro Leite, Brasil, 149
5 – Breeding
Feasibility of keeping F1 interspecific sunflower hybrids. Jovanka Atlagic, Sreten Terzic, Radovan Marinkovic, Siniša Jocic, Vladimir Miklic, Serbia, 153
IRAPs as a tool for molecular breeding of sunflower. Mariano Bulos, María Laura Ramos, Emiliano Altieri & Carlos A. Sala, Argentina, 154
Phenotypic characterization of Helianthus annuus and H. petiolaris agrestal biotypes. Mauricio Casquero and Miguel Cantamutto, Argentina, 155
Contribution of interspecific hybridization to the sunflower breeding. Michail Christov, Bulgaria, 156
Sunflower tolerance to aluminum. César de Castro, Larissa Alexandra Cardoso Moraes, Adilson de Oliveira Júnior, Regina Maria Villas Bôas de Campos Leite, Fábio Alvares de Oliveira, Bruna Wurr Rodak, Brazil, 157
Breeding and genetic studies on vitamin E content in sunflower seeds. Lidia Del Moral, José M. Fernández-Martínez, Leonardo Velasco, Begoña Pérez-Vich, Spain, 158
Genetic and environmental effects of some traits of ornamental value in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Divita ME, Salaberry MT, Echeverría MM, Rodríguez RH, Argentina, 159
Hybrid Sunflower Breeding in VNIIMK (Russia) Sergey Gontcharov, Russia, 160
Combining ability in sunflower lines. González, J.; Mncuso, N. Alvarez, D. ; Ludueña, P.; Argentina, 161
Structure of wild annual sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) accessions based on agro-morphological traits. Hamidreza Nooryazdan,, Hervé Serieys, Roberto Baciliéri, Jacques David, André Bervillé, Iran/France, 162
Mode of inheritance and combining ability for seed yield and morphophisiological components of yield in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.).
Nada Hladni, Siniša Jocic, Vladimir Miklic, Velimir Radic, Dragan Škoric, Serbia, 163
Characteristics of some hybrid progenies produced by crossing of Helianthus annuus L. with H. maximiliani Schrader. Miroslava Hristova-Cherbadzi, Michail Christov, Daniela Valkova, Bulgaria, 164
Estimation of combining abilities in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Sinisa Jocic*, Sandra Cvejic, Mihajlo Ciric, Nada Hladni, Dragana Miladinovic, Vladimir Miklic, Ilija Radeka, Serbia, 165
2012 Update: New Sunflower Genetic Resources in the US National Sunflower Collection and Potential Use for Crop Improvement. Laura Fredrick Marek, Charles C. Block, Candice C. A. Gardner, USA, 166
Application of different methods in the determination of heritability of some quantitative traits in the sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) sinthetic NS-S-1.
Radovan Marinkovic, Milan Jockovic, Ana Marjanovic-Jeromela, Jovanka Atlagic, Dragana Miladinovic, Velimir Radic, Serbia, 167
Towards dihaploid production in sunflower - Selection of regeneration medium. Dragana Miladinovic, Branislav Kovacevic, Aleksandra Dimitrijevic, Ivana Imerovski, Sinisa Jocic, Sandra Cvejic, Vladimir Miklic, Serbia, 168
Association mapping of drought tolerance in sunflower: phenotypic and genetic characterization of INTA inbred lines. Maria Valeria Moreno, Corina M. Fusari, Verónica Nishinakamasu, Daniel Alvarez, Julio Di Rienzo, Esteban Hopp, Ruth Heinz, Norma Paniego, Verónica V. Lia, Argentina, 169
Breeding for resistance to various biotic stresses in sunflower through wide hybridization and biotechnological tools. Sujatha Mulpuri, India, 170
Sequential evaluation for resistance to three characters in sunflower seedlings. Silvana Maria Piubello, Santiago Renteria, Argentina, 171
Phenotypic and molecular prospection of reduced height sunflower germplasm. María Laura Ramos, Emiliano Altieri, Mariano Bulos & Carlos A. Sala, Argentina, 172.
Flowering phenology and hybridization rates between cultivated varieties and weedy populations of sunflower in France. Marie Roumet Marie, Camille Noilhan, Muriel Latreille, Marie-Hélène Muller, France, 173
Use of imidazolinone tolerance to produce male-sterile testers in sunflower breeding programs. Carlos A. Sala, Mariano Bulos, Argentina, 174
Collection and Evaluation of Wild Perennial Helianthus pumilus Achenes for Oil Concentration and Fatty Acid Composition. Gerald J. Seiler, Tom J. Gulya, Laura Fredrick Marek, USA, 175
Characterization of sunflower genetic resources of Turkey. Ahmet Semsettin TAN, Ayfer TAN, Turkey, 176
6 – Crop production and management
Environmental heterogeneity at a field scale and yield: what can combinations of yield and detailed soil maps tell us and what not. Pablo A. Calviño, Manuel Bermúdez, Cristian Redone, Argentina
Design, assessment and improvement of crop management systems in sunflower. Philippe Debaeke, France
Gaps between farmer and attainable yields across sunflower-growing regions of Argentina: Measurement, significance and implications. A.J.Hall, C. Feoli, J. Ingaramo, M. Balzarini, Argentina
Sunflower No-Till Planting: Difficulties and Solutions. Alfredo Lange, Argentina
Sunflower seed production: past, present, and perspectives Ernesto de Estrada, Martín Vázquez, Darío Moreno, Sebastián Bravo, José Amores, Guillermo San Román, José Dodds, Amelia Bertero de Romano, Pablo Bergada, Carlos Sala, Argentina
Plant density contribution to seed oil content: the responses of contrasting sunflower genotypes grown in multi-environmental network. Andrianasolo Fety, Champolivier Luc, Maury Pierre, Debaeke Philippe, France, 179
Planting date, between-row distance and population effect on grain yield and oil, stearic and oleic oilseed content on a high stearic-high oleic sunflower hybrid. Matías Cánepa, Valeria Paccapelo, Martín Grondona, María Eugenia Bazzalo, Roberto Reid, Argentina, 180
Using a crop model to evaluate and design combinations of genotypes x management x environments that improve sunflower crop performance.
Pierre Casadebaig, Philippe Debaeke, France, 181
Evaluation of sunflower production strategies in a supplying area of an agricultural cooperative using the simulator COLLECTO. Champolivier Luc, Debaeke Philippe, Thiard Jérôme, Thibierge Jérôme, France,182
Long-term influence of cultural practices on sunflower yields in commercial production in Serbia. Jovan Crnobarac, Nenad Dušanic, Igor Balalic, Branko Marinkovic, Dragana Latkovic, Goran Jacimovic, Serbia, 183
Growth and development traits related to yield stability of hybrids in three dryland sunflower regions of Argentina. Gladis A. de Caram, Oscar Valentinuz, Juan Prause, Argentina, 184
Determination of the Relationships between Oil Content and Important Yield Traits in Sunflower. Goksel Evci, Veli Pekcan, M. Ibrahim Yilmaz, Yalcin Kaya, Turkey, 185
Estimating the conditions of sunflower crop using NDVI and Vegetation Coverage Temperature (VCT) in the Semiarid Region of La Pampa in Argentina. Mauricio Farrell, Argentina 186.
Spatial distribution of sunflower plants and their influence on yield in an environment of high variability. C. Ferrero, H.R. Mirassón, M.L. Faraldo, M.A. Cantamutto, J.P. Arnaiz., Argentina, 187
Yield gap causation in sunflower: First results from a remote sensing approach. Gonzalo A. Garcia Accinelli, Gervasio Piñeiro, Martín Oesterheld, Argentina 188
Assessing yield for rainfed sunflowers in a Mediterranean environment using simulation modelling. García-López J, Lorite IJ, García-Ruiz R, Domínguez J. Spain, 189
Site-specific Management of Plant Population Density in Sunflower Cultivation in the Semi-arid Central Region of the Argentine Pampas. Eugenia M. Ghironi, Andrés E. Corró Molas, Adriana Gili, Argentina, 190
Sunflower crop management in the new agronomic, environmental, social and societal context: challenges for a sustainable production in France. Pierre Jouffret, Françoise Labalette,Vincent Lecomte, Jean-Marie Nolot, France, 191
Is sunflower-soybean intercropping an efficient solution for increasing natural resources use efficiency and yield production? Hélène TRIBOUILLOIS, Philippe CRISTANTE, André ESTRAGNAT, David CHAMPCLOU, Grégory VERICEL, Nathalie LANDE, Laurent BEDOUSSSAC, Eric JUSTES, France 192
Evaluating economic and technical performances of sunflower-soybean intercrop in French farming systems. Nathalie LANDE, Pierre JOUFFRET, Hélène TRIBOUILLOIS, Philippe CRISTANTE, André ESTRAGNAT, Vincent LECOMTE, Laurent BEDOUSSAC, Eric JUSTES, France, 193
Yield determinant responses to stand structure and crop population density in sunflower. Mónica López Pereira, Antonio J. Hall, Argenina, 194
Sunflower crop management using satellite images. Merrien André, Fauvin Pascal, Rigal Matthieu, Stein Christian, Charlès Guillaume, France, 195
Describing and quantifying crop management systems in order to spatialize a sunflower crop model. Salvi Frédéric, Debaeke Philippe, Champolivier Luc, France, 196
Sunflower sowing consociated with Trifolium pratense L., Trifolium repens L. or Lotus corniculatus. A productive alternative. Sánchez Vallduví, G.E., L.N. Tamango, M.A. Eirin, J. Gomez, R. Taus, R.D. Signorio, Argentina, 197
Influence of soil compaction and conservation tillage on sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) below ground system. Javier David Scheiner, Virginie Mirleau-Thebaud, Jean Dayde, France, 198
Effect of sowing date and plant density on sunflower yield and its main components. Gheorghe Sin, Elena Partal, Romania, 199
Development of a coating technique in sunflower seed (Helianthus annus L.)
SOLA, S., PETIT, C., DELPIANO C., PETTAZZI J., Argentina, 200
Changes in physiological quality of encrusted sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) seeds during storage. Cyntia Szemruch, Liliana Ferrari, Argentina, 201
Systemic analysis of soil compaction and conservation tillage effect on sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) development and nutrition. Virginie Mirleau-Thebaud, Javier David Scheiner, Jean Dayde, France, 202
Hybrid maturity and plant population density to improve sunflower performance in Entre Ríos, Argentina. Oscar Valentinuz, Leonardo Coll, Jonathan Ojeda, Argentina, 203
