Experiments were conducted in the field, greenhouse, and controlled environmental chambers to determine the injury to sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) from diclofop {2-[4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenoxy] ...

Sunflowers deliver a boatload of happiness with their sunny faces and there are many different varieties to try. Who doesn’t love a sunflower? Endlessly cheerful, radiating optimism, each flower is an ...

The annual sunflower (Helianthus annus) has a long history in North America, with evidence of its cultivation for food, ceremonial and medical use by Native Americans dating back to at least 1,000 B.C ...

Sunflowers are fun, cheerful, easy to grow plants native to North America. Native Americans ground the seeds for flour and used the oil for cooking and dressing hair. The sunflower also provided dyes ...

Have you ever grown sunflowers? Sunflowers, known for their tall stalks and bright, cheerful flowers, belong to the family Asteraceae. Yes, they look somewhat like asters. The old name for the ...

Multiple weed species in the field combine to cause yield losses and can be described using one of several empirical models. Field studies were conducted to compare observed corn yield loss caused by ...

Implementing solutions to climate change will require big ideas and an even bigger mobilization of resources, but high technology doesn’t always have the answers. Plant physiologist Laura Marek and ...

The trend is clear, says Brent Hulke: The climate is changing in North Dakota and sunflowers are working harder to survive. Hulke is a research geneticist specializing in sunflowers in the U.S.