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The Impact of Crop Year and Crop Density on the Production of Sunflower in Site-Specific Precision Farming in Hungary

János Nagy; Mihály Zalai; Árpád Illés; Szabolcs Monoki

Agriculture · 2024

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Summary

Sunflower is considered a plant with extraordinary adaptability. However, the conditions of growing sunflower function as a limiting factor in its production. The hybrids used in production tolerate weather variability to a different level and utilise the nutrient and water resources of the soil, while the yield is also affected by the number of plants per hectare. In this study, the authors attempted to observe the environmental effects influencing sunflower cultivation, the heterogeneous productivity zones of the given production site and the correlation of the number of seeding plants used under various farm practices. The average rainfall of 2021 and the dry weather of 2022 created suitable conditions for examining the yearly weather effect. In the selected experimental areas, three di

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.3390/agriculture14091515
Catalogue ID
NRmo9rin9c-0q0
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