THE clearest memory I have from my first year as a medical student is of a botany practical. We had the task, one sunny Thursday afternoon, of cutting a very thin slice of a sunflower stem, putting it under the microscope and drawing what we saw. In the textbook there was an illustration of what we should expect to see: as I remember, it showed regular, neatly-'packed cells with several smaller...

The present review article is intended to provide comprehensive insights into the techniques of sunflower cultivation, methods processing, and opportunities for value addition through a variety applications. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) an economically valuable crop, admired its vibrant yellow flowers seeds rich in high-quality oil. oil derived from nutritionally valued high content unsatur...

The article analyses the features of water consumption sunflowers in short-term crop rotations. Presents results 2020‒2021 research carried out experimental field Kharkiv National Agrarian University named after V. Dokuchaev, located area Left Bank Forest-Steppe Ukraine. soil cover is represented by typical chernozem heavy loam on loess-like loam. Soil moisture was determined gravimetric techni...

Sunflower is a strategic crop in the agriculture of Ukraine as it important for food and energy production. Recently processing secondary products, solving issues waste disposal improving environment have been paid much attention. This an example cyclic economy, during production oil from sunflowers, their husk can be used The ash obtained by burning valuable complex mineral fertilizer further ...