Sunflower Seeds

Sunflower

Sunflower is one of the most important oil seed crop grown in temperate countries. It is a major source of vegetable oil in the world. In India it has gained popularity due to the national priority of vegetable oil production. India is one of the largest producers of oilseed crop in the world. Oilseeds occupy an important position in the Indian agricultural economy.

Sunflower is one of the fastest growing oilseed crops in India. It occupies fourth place among oilseed crops in terms of acreage and production. Farmers find sunflower as a highly profitable crop, especially in Southern peninsula, consisting of Northern Karnataka, Marathwada and Rayalseema, where the crop is largely cultivated under rainfed conditions during late kharif/rabi season. Due to its short duration, it ideally is sown more between August and October. Karnataka accounts for nearly half the area under sunflower in the country.

Sunflower oil is considered as premium when compared to other vegetable oils. Sunflower is the oil of preference among the consumers the world over due to its health appeal and in India too, sunflower oil is the largest selling oil in the branded oil segment. Sunflower is also a crop of choice for farmers due to its wider adaptability, high yield potential, shorter duration and profitability.

Nuziveedu Seeds – Adding Value through research

Nuziveedu Seeds aims to enrich the potential of this already highly popular and winner of a crop. Keeping the specific customer in mind who cultivate this crop Nuziveedu Seeds is developing new seed products that will offer

• High yielding hybrids with high oil percentage
• Tolerance to biotic & abiotic stresses.

Wheat

How to Grow - Cotton

 

How To Grow

Preparation of Soil

• Light to heavy black soils is suitable for cotton cultivation, can also be successfully grown in light and alluvial soils.

Sowing

• Sowing period is generally May-July
• Seed rate is 1.6-2 packets/acre
• Spacing- 90-105 cm between rows, 45-60 cm between plants in black soils and 30-45 cm in light soils.
• Gap Filling Gap filling must be done as early as possible by using 2 seeds/hill.

Fertilizer application

• NPK as per the table given below.
• Magnesium Deficiency Magnesium Sulphate @ 10g/ ltr. at 45 and 75 DAS may be sprayed to correct the deficiency
• Zinc Deficiency Zinc Sulphate @ 2g/ltr. may be sprayed twice at 5-6 day interval immediately after the deficiency symptoms are noticed.
• Boron Deficiency Spray Borax @ 60 and 90 DAS at 1-1.5 g/litre of water

Irrigation

• Adequate moisture availability during the critical stages of crop growth i.e., germination, seedling growth, flowering, boll formation and development are ensured.
• Cotton is susceptible to water stagnation for long duration, and therefore, care should be taken to drain the excess water from the field and intercultural operations should be done at the earliest.

Crop Management

• Disease Management – Cotton crop is affected by Alternaria blight, Phoma blight, Cercospora leaf spot, Helminthosporium leaf spot and Blackarm diseases after 90 to 100 days of crop growth.
• These can be controlled by spraying with Mancozeb (2.5g/ltr.) or Copper Oxychloride (3g/ltr.) + Plantamycin or Tetracycline or Paushamycin (100 mg/l).

Harvesting, Storage and Drying

• In India it is by manual picking, but cotton picking

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