Volume : IV, Issue : V, May - 2014

Spatio–Temporal Analysis of Sunflower Production Trends in Karnataka During 1992 & 2002

Dr. S. S. Motebennur

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The oilseed crop of sunflower has been introduced in India in the nineteen sixties. Within a short time of its production, it has established itself as one of the important oilseed crops in horizontal and vertical expansion. Sunflower seeds are eaten by human being as roasted and salted seeds are very popular. A native of Mexico and South Western USA and extensively grown in USSR, it has now come to stay in India. It was introduced into Spain by early explorers and merchants before the middle of sixteenth century. Sunflower is an oil seed as well as ornamental crop. The major sunflower producing countries of the world are the Soviet Union, USA, Argentina, Romania, Spain, Yugoslavia, Turkey and South America. In India, sunflower is grown in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Orissa, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and rest of the states have very negligible area. Under this crop Maharashtra and Karnataka are identified as the major states in production

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Dr. S.S.Motebennur Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Sunflower Production Trends in Karnataka During 1992 & 2002 Indian Journal of Applied Research, Volume.4, Issue.5, May-2014

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