Opening of the Conference
Information on the VIIth International Sunflower Conference ….. 5
Letter of Greetings to the Participants in the VIIth International Sunflower Conference from V,K. Mesyats, Minister of Agriculture USSR ….. 7
Speech of A,A. Goltsov, the USSR Deputy Minister of .Agriculture, President of the Organizing Committee the VIIth International Sunflower Conference ….. 8
Greeting Speech of the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Krasnodar Territorial Soviet (Council) of Working People's Deputies
G.P. Razumovsky, .…… 12
Greetings to the Conference from the V.I. Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences : A,V. Pukhalsky….. 17
Greeting of the Members of the Council of the International Sunflower Association (Minutes) .... 20
Plenary Session
A.S. NAVOLOTSKY, YU.P. BURYAKOV
Sunflower in the USSR : Achievements and Prospects ….. 25
A.CAUDERON
Sur l’Utilisation de l’eau par le tournesol….. 37
N.I. DVORYADKIN
Results of Research Work in Sunflower in the USSR... 45
A.A. POKROVSKY
New Aspects of Biological and Food Value of Sunflower Seeds …..63
RICHARD F. HANCOCK
Sunflowerseed, Oil and Meal : Recent Developments and Prospects ….. 74
A.KLOCHKOV. L. RANGELOV, I. STOYA-NOVA
Present State, Effectiveness and Prospects of Sunflower Production in the People’s Republic of Bulgaria….. 100
K.J. GUNAWARDENE,. P. POETIRAY
Information Note on Sunflower in New Producing Countries in the Developing World …..104
J.W. PIETRYK
Sunflower Production Response in Canada …..112
A.M. EL ZARKA
The Status of Sunflower as a Promising Oil Crop in Egypt with Emphasis on Disease Spectrum ….. 121
H.A, SHEYBANI, M. SAMII
Present State and Prospects for the Development of Sunflower Culture in Iran ….. 127
G.M. RAVAGNAN
Zambia - Expansion of Sunflower Crop (Helianthus annuus L.) by the National Oilseeds Development Programme…..130
First Section : Genetics, Breeding, Seed Production
G.V. PUSTOVOIT, LA. GUBIN., T.G. PLYTNIKOVA, V.N. SUROVIKIN
Results and Prospects of Breeding Sunflower Varieties-Populations in the VNIIMK ……141
S.S. SINDAGI
Productivity of Sunflower Hybrids….. 152
RAYMOND D. BRIGHAM
Variability for Yield and Biochemical Constituents in Selected Hybrids and Open-Pollinated Varieties of Sunflower in Texas .. . .162
A.D, GUMENYUK, M.S. SYTNIK
Breeding Sunflower for High Yield and Oil Content….. 169
Z, KLOCKOVSKI, T. KLOCKOVSKI, A, PIOTROVSKI
Trends and Prospects of Breeding Oil-Bearing Sunflower in Poland…..175
V.P.SPITSYN, M,F. ROGOZHEVA
Selection to Obtain Quickly-Ripening Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L,) in the Tambov Region …..181
Waldemar E, SACKSTON, Fernando ROMERO-MUNOZ, Carlos GARCIA-BAUDIN
Mildew Resistant Sunflowers and Their Role in Epidemiology of Downy Mildew ….. 187
G,V. PUSTOVOIT, V.P. ILATOVSKY,E.L, SLYUSAR
Results and Prospects of Sunflower Breeding for Group Immunity by Interspecific Hybridization ….. 193
F. VEAR, J.J, GUILLAUMIN
Development of a Test Useable in Breeding for Resistance to Sunflower Capitulum Attack by Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum …..205
E.L. SLYUSAR
Sunflower Breeding for Resistance to Rust by the Method of Interspecific Hybridization ….. 220
Luka CUK
Breeding Sunflower for Resistance to Sclerotinia Libertiana Fuck ... 227
I.V, GRECHKA, E.M. POCHAPSKAYA
Sunflower Resistance to Sclerotinosis and Methods to Raise it ......... 234
B.K. POGORIETSKY, E.E. GESHELE
Sunflowers Immunity to Broom Rape, Downy Mildew and Rust........ 238
M, ACIMOVIC
Sunflower Trials for Susceptibility and Intensity of Disease Infection..... .244
I.F. MAMONOV
Breeding Sunflower Resistant to New Races of Broom Rape . . . 248
G.N. FICK, D.E. ZIMMER
Yield Stability of Sunflower Hybrids and Open-Pollinated Varieties ….. 253
L.K. VOSKOBOINIK
Results and Prospects of Sunflower Heterosis Breeding in the VNIIMK. . 259
A.COVOR,.VRANCEANU
Testing, of Romanian Sunflower Hybrids in International Trials ........ 265
VIDA NIKOLIC-VIG, DRAGAN SKORIC
Basic Characteristics of Newly Developed Yugoslav Sunflower Hybrids and Varieties ..... .... . 272
V.G. VOLF, A.N. RYABOTA, L.P. DUMACHEVA
Breeding of Self-Pollinated Sunflower Lines and Assessment of Their Combining Ability According to Productivity and Oil Content …..280
Alex Viorel VRANCEANU, Florin M. STOENESCU
Breeding for Pollen Fertility Restoration in Sunflowers…..287
V. VULPE
Resistance to Downy Mildew of Sunflower Hybrids Bred on the CMS . Basis with Restored Pollen Fertility . . . .296
V.F. PIMAKHIN
CMS Utilization in Heterosis Breeding of the Sunflower ......... 310
F.M, STOENESCU, A.V. VRANCEANU
Linkage Studies between MS and Marker Genes- in Sunflower …..315
V.V. BURLOV, S.V, KOSTYUK
Development of Counterparts Restoring Pollen Fertility and Resistant to Broomrape (Orobanche Cumana Wallr.) and Downy Mildew (Plas-mopara Helianthi Novot) ..... 322
A.KOVACIK, V. SKALOUD
Changes in Kernel-Husk Relationslip in Sunflower Inbreeding-Heterosis Selection . . .327
H.A. SHEYBANI, M. SAMII, V. KAMALI
The Creation of Lineal Hybrids on the Basis of Male Sterility ... 331
I.A. GUBIN
New Achievements in Sunflower Intervarietal Hybridization ….. 338
AHMAD SARAFI, MALEK CYRUS AMIRSHAHI
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Some Agronomic Characters of M2 Populations in Inbred Lines of Sunflower ….. 345
K.I. SOLDATOV
Chemical Mutagenesis in Sunflower Breeding.... .352
T.V. MILEYEVA, A.V. ANASHCHENKO
Reliable CMS and Rf Source ….. 358
A.O. OMRAN, A.A ABDEL-ZAHAB, M.A. HAIKAL
Evaluation of Sunflower Cultivars, Heritability and Variability of Metric Traits ….. 361
Dr. Dragan SKORIC
Mode of Inheritance of Oil Content in Sunflower Seed of pi Generation and Components of Genetic Variability …..376
Ye.Ya. KROKHIN
Some Characters Inherited by Sunflower ..... .389
J. GEORGIEVA-TODOROVA, M LAKOVA-DIMITROVA
Cytogenetic Studies of Hybrids Helianthus Bolanderi A. Gray and Helianthus annuus…397
G.V. PUSTOVOIT, O.N. KRASNOKUTSKAYA
Wild Species of Helianthus as Initial Forms in Sunflower Breeding for. Immunity.. 402
A.V.. ANASHCHENKQ, T.V. ROZHKOVA, T.V. MILEEVA
Sunflower Collection Serves Plant Breeding …..409
A,V, ANASHCHENKO
Helianthus annuus L. -Interspecific Classification and Genetic Resources …..413
T.S. FEDORENKO
Cytoembryological Peculiarities of Helianthus Tomentosus Mich as a Component Part of Remote Hybridization with Sunflower …..417
A, DELAUDE, M. ROLLIER
Pollinisation et Modalites de Production des Semences Hybrides de Tournesol ….. 425
G, PIQUEMAL
Observations sur la Fécondation des fleurs de Tournesol (Etude Comparative de quelques Varietes et Hybrides) .................. .430
SCALOUD, A. KOVACIK
Genetic Prerequisites of Ordinary Sunflower for the Creation of the Productive Multi-Head Type ..................... 437
M.A.ONISHCHENKO
The Seed Production System and Methods of Growing Seed Sunflower in the USSR …..442
P,A. SHEPETINA
Ecological Effects on Sunflower Seed Quality …… 448
M. ROLLIER, D, COME, E. SIMOND-COTE
Aptitude a la Germination des Senences de Tournesol ….. 454
L,S, SEVASTYANOVA
Specified Methods to Define the Germinating, Power of Sunflower Seeds….. 462
L,M. SHCHERBAKOVA
Biological Peculiarities of Germination of Sunflower Seeds …..468
