Effect of sowing windows and variety on yield and yield components of kharif sunflower

Abstract

The present field experiment was conducted during kharif season of 2021 and 2022 at Zonal Agricultural Research Station, Solapur to study the influences of sowing windows and variety on yield and yield components of sunflower under scarcity zone of Maharashtra. The three varieties of sunflower V1-SS-56, V2-MSFH-17 and V3-Phule Bhaskar were evaluated under three sowing windows viz. S1-MW25, S2-MW30 and S3-MW35 in T1-protected and T2-unprotected conditions. During experimental period, it was found that the S1-MW25 and V3-Phule Bhaskar cultivar in protected conditions yielded superior compared to other treatments. The result revealed that the yield and yield components i.e. diameter of head (17.42 cm), weight of head (119.64 g), weight of seed head-1 (48.34 g), number of seeds head-1 (899.76), seed index (48.91 gm), grain yield (1187.70 kg ha-1) and stover yield (3358.03 kg ha-1) during experimental period.