EFFECT OF NIPPING AXILLARY FLOWER BUDS ON YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS IN RHA-274 LINE OF SUNFLOWER (HELIANTHUS ANNUUS) AND ITS IMPLICATION IN SEED PRODUCTION
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Effect of nipping axillary flower buds on seed yield and yield components in RHA·274 (restorer) line ofsunflowerwasinvestigated. Generally, the nipped plantshadhighermean values for the characters studied. Seed yield increased by 26.3% in the nipped plants over the normallybranched plants mainly due to increased loo-seed weight. However,increased seed yield in the nipped plants was compensated by increased oil content in the branched plants, thus maintaining the same oil yield per plant in both nipped and branched plants. The significance ofinducing plants to produce monoheads artificially is discussed in view of the seed production programmes.
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CHANNAKRISHNAIAH, K. M., GOPALAREDDY, P., & GANGAPPA, E. (1992). EFFECT OF NIPPING AXILLARY FLOWER BUDS ON YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS IN RHA-274 LINE OF SUNFLOWER (HELIANTHUS ANNUUS) AND ITS IMPLICATION IN SEED PRODUCTION. INDIAN JOURNAL OF GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDING, 52(04), 396–400. https://doi.org/.
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