agricultural oil content in sunflower seeds in pakistan

   
agricultural oil content in sunflower seeds in pakistan
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • agricultural oil content in sunflower seeds in pakistan
Is sunflower a major oilseed crop in Pakistan?

Sunflower became a major oilseed crop in Pakistan. Pakistan is facing a shortage of edible oil. Need to improve the oil and seed yield of sunflower. Correlation study is necessary to find out the relationship between two traits. Path analysis tells about the direct and indirect effect of different traits on yield and on yield related traits.

Is sunflower a good source of edible oil in Pakistan?

Just, 40 years back around, a non-traditional crop of sunflower is introduced in Pakistan as the chief source of edible oil. Keeping in view the quality of edible oil, research activities in sunflower crop was initiated grudgingly due to be deficient in trained expertise in Pakistan.

Is there a hybrid sunflower crop in Pakistan?

Uptill now, the entire area of 106 thousand hectare of sunflower crop in Pakistan is still under the cultivation of exotic hybrids. However, the role of Oilseeds Research Institute, Faisalabad in this regard, is commendable as developed first National Hybrid of sunflower (FH 331) some years back in the country.

How much sunflower seed is produced in India?

According to the Oil World, a total of 10.90 million tonnes of sunflower seed was produced in 2017/2018 season and in 2018/2019, the country is expected to produce 11.40 million tonnes due to better returns and higher demand from the domestic processing sector.