The domesticated sunflower, Helianthus annuus L., is a global oil crop that has promise for
climate change adaptation, because it can maintain stable yields across a wide variety of …

After-ripening is the mechanism by which dormant seeds become nondormant during their
dry storage after harvest. The absence of free water in mature seeds does not allow …

Orobanche cumana (sunflower broomrape) is an obligatory and non-photosynthetic root
parasitic plant that specifically infects the sunflower. It is located in Europe and in Asia, where it …

Understanding the genetic basis of phenotypic plasticity is crucial for predicting and managing
climate change effects on wild plants and crops. Here, we combined crop modelling and …

Long a major focus of genetic research and breeding, sunflowers ( H elianthus) are emerging
as an increasingly important experimental system for ecological and evolutionary studies. …

Identifying the connections between molecular and physiological processes underlying the
diversity of drought stress responses in plants is key for basic and applied science. Drought …

The Compositae is one of the largest and most economically important families of flowering
plants and includes a diverse array of food crops, horticultural crops, medicinals, and …

Association mapping and linkage mapping were used to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL)
and/or causative mutations involved in the control of flowering time in cultivated sunflower …

Prediction of hybrid performance using incomplete factorial mating designs is widely used
in breeding programs including different heterotic groups. Based on the general combining …

Interest in phytosterol contents due to their potential benefits for human health has been largely
documented in several crop species. Studies were focused mainly on total sterol content …