INTERNATIONAL SUNFLOWER ASSOCIATION

Sponsored by The International Sunflower Association, Paris, FranceIn cooperation with The National Sunflower Association, Bismarck, North Dakota, USAForeword Volume I * Table of ContentsPLENARYProgress in the genetic modification of sunflower oil qualityJosé M. Fernández-Martínez, Leonardo Velasco, Begoña Pérez-Vich .  . . .1 Breeding for durable resistance to the main diseases of sunflowerFelicity Vear . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Advances in the physiology of the sunflower crop: A ten-year progress reportA. J. Hall . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Exploration for wild Helianthus species in North America : Challenges and opportunities in the search for global treasuresGerald J. Seiler, Tom J. Gulya . . . . . . . 43World outlook and future…

Other Sessions / Poster Workshops Session H - Entomology FLORA COMPETIDORA EN LA POLINIZACIÓN DE GIRASOL PARA PRODUCCIÓN DE SEMILLA HÍBRIDA, POR APIS MELLIFERA L., EN EL SUR DELA PCIA. DE BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA.Liliana GALLEZ, Ana ANDRADA, Alda VALLE, Pablo PAOLONI, Luis HERNANDEZ, Argentina [Ref. : Intern. Sunf. Conf. Toulouse, 2000, H- pp 1-6]PLAGAS PRINCIPALES DEL GIRASOL EN LA PROVINCIA DE CORDOBA,ARGENTINAJorge R. ARAGON, Argentina [Ref. : Intern. Sunf. Conf. Toulouse, 2000, H- pp 34-40]EVALUACION Y MANEJO DE ORUGAS CORTADORAS (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) EN CULTIVO DE GIRASOL EN ARGENTINAJorge R. ARAGON, Argentina [Ref. : Intern. Sunf. Conf. Toulouse, 2000, H- pp 28-33]DAMAGE BY THE NEOTROPICAL BROWN STINK BUG, Euschistus heros (F.)(HEMIPTERA:PENTATOMIDAE) TO SUNFLOWER IN BRAZILAndrea…

Session E- Productivity : components, combining ability, genotype X environment interactionGENOTYPE AND ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS ON LINEAR RATE OF INCREASE OF SUNFLOWER HARVEST INDEX AND ITS DURATIONAbelardo J. de la Vega, Antonio J. Hall, Argentina [Ref. : Intern. Sunf. Conf. Toulouse, 2000, E- Ar2]GENOTYPE BY ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION AND INDIRECT SELECTION IN SUNFLOWER FOR ARGENTINA. I. MULTI-ATTRIBUTE TWO-MODE PATTERN ANALYSIS Abelardo J. de la Vega, Scott C. Chapman, Antonio J. Hall, [Ref. : Intern. Sunf. Conf. Toulouse, 2000,E Ar4] GENOTYPE BY ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION AND INDIRECT SELECTION IN SUNFLOWER FOR ARGENTINA. II. THREE-MODE PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSISAbelardo J. de la Vega, Scott Chapman, [Ref. : Intern. Sunf. Conf. Toulouse, 2000,E Ar5] SPATIAL AND SEASONAL EFFECTS CONFOUNDING…

Plenary Sessions A - EconomyEVOLUTION COMPAREE DE LA PRODUCTION ET DE LA COMPETITIVITE DU TOURNESOL DANS DIFFERENTES AIRES DE PRODUCTION (compared evolution of production and competitivity of sunflower in different productions areas)André POUZET, Denis DELPLANCKE, France [Ref. : Intern. Sunf. Conf. Toulouse, 2000, Plenary A- pp 1- 10]LE TOURNESOL EN ARGENTINE : SITUATION ET DEFIS (Sunflower in Argentina, situation and challenges)Rubén C. DEVOTO, Argentina , Martine GUIBERT, France [Ref. : Intern. Sunf. Conf. Toulouse, 2000, Plenary A- pp 11-20]  B - Technology PHYSICAL REFINING OF SUNFLOWER OILKatalin KOVARI, Jean DENISE, France, Asolt KEMENY, Hungary, Katalin RECSEG, Hungary [Ref. : Intern. Sunf. Conf. Toulouse, 2000, Plenary B- pp 1-12]QUELQUES EXEMPLES DE VALORISATION NON-ALIMENTAIRE…

Technical Session E : Plant PathologyE01) SUNFLOWER DISEASES IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS IN 1995Thomas J. GULYA (USA)   651E02) EFFECT OF ARTIFICIAL DEFOLIATION ON LEAF SPOT DISEASES AND SEED YIELDS OF SUNFLOWERZHAO SHUHUA,DONG BAICHUN,CHENG YUQIAN, CHENG JINZHI (P.R. China) 658E03) REASONS FOR THE UNUSUAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ALBUGO ON SUNFLOWER IN SOUTH AFRICAP. S. van WYK, A. VILJOEN (South Africa)  662E04) ROUILLE BLANCHE DU TOURNESOL : RECHERCHE DES MOYENS DE LUTTE (white rust, research, control methods)Annette PENAUD (France)  666E05) RECENT SHIFTS IN PATHOGENESIS OF ALBUGO TRAGOPOGONIS ON SUNFLOWER IN SOUTH AFRICAA. VILJOEN, P. S. van WYK (South Africa) 672E06) PATHOGENIC AND MOLECULAR  CHARACTERIZATION OF POPULATIONS Orobanche Cernua Loefl. FROM SUNFLOWERS IN SPAINJ.M.MELERO-VARA,…

Technical Session A - BREEDINGA01) INCREASING OF THE SUNFLOWER GENETIC DIVERSITY BY MUTAGENESISMichail CHRISTOV, Veselina NIKOLOVA (Bulgaria) [Ref. : Intern. Sunf. Conf., Beijing China, 1996 ,Session A- pp 19-30]A02) CONTRIBUTION TO THE EVALUATION OF SELF-FERTILE LINES OF SUNFLOWER GENETIC INTERPRETATIONVojtech SKALOUD &. Antonin KOVACIK (Czech Republic) [Ref. : Intern. Sunf. Conf., Beijing China, 1996 ,Session A- pp 31-37]AO3) SELECTION OF IDEAL CHARACTERS OF OIL-BEARING SUNFLOWER SELF-LINESSun LIANQING [Ref. : Intern. Sunf. Conf., Beijing China, 1996 ,Session A- pp38-43]A04) L'AMELIORATION DES HYBRIDES DE TOURNESOL DE BOUCHE EN HONGRIE (Improvement, sunflower hybrids, Hungary)Joseph FRANK ,Gizella NEMETH &. Laszlo PALVOLGYI (Hungary) [Ref. : Intern. Sunf. Conf., Beijing China, 1996…