Sunflower | Express®
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS:
- Semi-hybrid with drought and drought tolerance.
- Highly adapted to Romanian conditions with exceptional productivity.
- Medium height with improved plant architecture and superior agronomic characters.
- Tolerant to Lupoaie (Orobanche cumana) up to race G (BR1 & BR2).
- Resistant to known Romanian manna races, Phomopsis and Sclerotinia.
- Exceptional results under favourable and unfavourable conditions.
ADVICE FOR FARMERS:
- Recommended to be grown in sunflower-growing areas of Moldova, where fields are not infested with wolfweed (Orobanche cumana) more aggressive than race E, on fields with high degree of infestation with dicotyledonous weeds.
RECOMMENDED DENSITIES:
- Non-irrigated: 55,000 - 58,000 germinable grains/ha
- Irrigated: 58,000 - 62,000 germinable grains/ha