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PJB-2010-101

HETEROSIS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF OIL QUALITY IN SUNFLOWER (HELIANTHUS ANNUUS L.)

SHER ASLAM1, SHUJAUL MULK KHAN2, MUHAMMAD SALEEM3*, AFSARI SHARIF QURESHI4, ABDULLAH KHAN5, MUHAMMAD ISLAM1 AND SHAH MASAUD KHAN6
Abstract

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To improve the oil quality of the available sunflower genotypes by exploiting heterosis-breeding program. Four Cytoplasmic Male Sterile lines TS-17, TS-18, TS-228, TS-335 and four Restorer lines 291RGI, R-25, TR-9, TR-6023 sunflower parents and their sixteen F1 hybrids were evaluated in randomized complete block design with three replicates at Agricultural Research Institute, Tarnab, Peshawar. Highly significant genetic differences (p

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