Bottlenecks on the development of biodiesel production could be eliminated using direct
transesterification (DT). This review presents a comprehensive overview for DT from …

Increasing the sunflower seed oil content as well as improving its quality makes it
compatible for industrial demands. This is an important breeding objective of sunflower …

Nano-fertilisers have only recently been introduced to intensify plant production, and there
still remains inadequate scientific knowledge on their plant-related effects. This paper …

The continuous increase in the heavy metals concentration in the soil due to anthropogenic
activities has become a global issue. The chromium, especially hexavalent chromium, is …

The area of sunflower crops is steadily increasing. A beneficial way of managing sunflower
waste biomass could be its use as a feedstock for biochar production. Biochar is currently …

Domestication and the first steps of sunflower breeding date back more than 4000 years. As
an interesting crop to humans, sunflower underwent significant changes in the past to finally …

As a rainfed spring-sown crop, sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is increasingly exposed to
negative impacts of climate change, especially to high temperatures and drought stress …

Broomrape (Orobanche cumana) is one of the most important parasitic plants that can
drastically reduce sunflower yield. Breeding for resistance is regarded as the most effective …

Drought is one of the main environmental stressors that can alter the water status of plants;
negatively affect growth, assimilation, and photosynthesis; and eventually reduce crop yield …

Due to its ability to grow in different agroecological conditions and its moderate drought
tolerance, sunflower may become the oil crop of preference in the future, especially in the …