Nine parents and 36 hybrids of sunflower genotypes were evaluated for heterosis for 10
characters (days to 50% flowering, plant height, head diameter, stem girth, filled seeds …

Forty six hybrids of sunflower obtained from 5 cms lines (2A, 5A, 207A, 234A and 821A) and
19 genotypes were evaluated for their days to 50% flowering, plant height, head diameter …

Heterosis for 13 quantitative characters, including yield components, was measured in
hybrids from 27 crosses involving nine inbreds and three testers. Heterosis relative to the …

Inbred lines developed from 4 varieties were raised at 4 locations during 1987 to produce
open pollinated hybrids. The lines and hybrids were evaluated in 1988. Significant …

Forty-eight inbred sunflower lines and 3 testers (KBSH-1, HA 234 B and No. 61) were
crossed and 144 hybrids were developed in the rabi and summer seasons of 1991-92, in …

An experiment was conducted during the 1997 kharif season in Tamil Nadu, India, on
sunflower lines (CMS WGA, CMS 234 A, CMS 2 A, CMS 822 A, CMS 5 A, CMS 6 A, CMS …

Forty sunflower (Helianthus annuus) hybrids derived from crosses of 10 inbred lines with 4
testers were evaluated at Ludhiana in 1995. A wide range of heterobeltiosis and standard …

Three cytoplasmically male sterile lines of sunflower were crossed with eight restorers in a
line× tester mating design. RHA-265, HA-241 and M-16-5 were effective as restorers. The …

A line× tester analysis was undertaken to estimate heterosis for 8 quantitative characters in
18 crosses of sunflower (Helianthus annuus) involving six inbred lines and three open …

Forty-eight lines and 3 testers (KBSH-1, HA 234 B and No. 61) of sunflower were crossed in
a line× tester fashion in Bangalore, Karnataka, India during the summer season of 1992. The …