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Title of Thesis |
| Author(s) Naveed Akhtar |
| Institute/University/Department Details Department of Agronomy University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, |
| Session 2004 |
| Subject Agronomy |
| Number of Pages 187 |
| Keywords (Extracted from title, table of contents and abstract of thesis) leaf area index (lai), crop growth rate(cgr), net assimilation rate (nar), achenes, biological yield, harvest index, sunflower (helianthus annuus l.) |
Abstract |
| Download Full Thesis |  1234.46 KB |
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| 1 | 0 | Contents | 164.41 KB |
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| 2 | 1 | Introduction | 1 | 36.49 KB |
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| 3 | 2 | Review Of Literature | 6 | 180.99 KB |
| 2.1 | Sowing Dates | 6 | ||
| 2.2 | Irrigation | 12 | ||
| 2.3 | Nitrogen | 21 | ||
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| 4 | 3 | Materials And Methods | 32 | 99.36 KB |
| 3.1 | Site And Soil | 32 | ||
| 3.2 | Experiment-1 | 32 | ||
| 3.3 | Observations | 35 | ||
| 3.4 | Measurements | 36 | ||
| 3.5 | Experiment-2 | 41 | ||
| 3.6 | Observations | 44 | ||
| 3.7 | Measurements | 44 | ||
| 3.8 | Statistical Analysis | 46 | ||
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| 5 | 4 | Results And Discussion | 47 | 752.67 KB |
| 4a | Experiment-1 | 47 | ||
| 4.1 | No. Of Plant At Harvesting (M -2 ) | 47 | ||
| 4.2 | Leaf Area Index (Lai) | 49 | ||
| 4.3 | Crop Growth Rate(Cgr) | 52 | ||
| 4.4 | Net Assimilation Rate (Nar) | 53 | ||
| 4.5 | Plant Height At Harvest (Cm) | 56 | ||
| 4.6 | Head Diameter (Cm) | 62 | ||
| 4.7 | No. Of Achenes Head -1 | 64 | ||
| 4.8 | 1000-Achene Weight (G) | 68 | ||
| 4.9 | Biological Yield (Kg Ha -1 ) | 70 | ||
| 4.10 | Achene Yield (Kg Ha -1 ) | 73 | ||
| 4.11 | Harvest Index | 77 | ||
| 4.12 | Achene Protein Contents(%) | 79 | ||
| 4.13 | Achene Oil Contents (%) | 81 | ||
| 4.14 | Stearic Acid(%) | 84 | ||
| 4.15 | Palmitic Acid (%) | 86 | ||
| 4.16 | Oleic Acid (%) | 88 | ||
| 4.17 | Linoleic Acid(%) | 91 | ||
| 4.18 | Linolenic Acid (%) | 93 | ||
| 4.19 | Economic Analysis | 93 | ||
| 4.19a | Relationship Between Achene Yield And Components Of Yield | 96 | ||
| 4b | Experiment-2 | 100 | ||
| 4.20 | Plant Establishment | 100 | ||
| 4.21 | Leaf Area Index (Lai) | 100 | ||
| 4.22 | Crop Growth Rate (Cgr) | 104 | ||
| 4.23 | Net Assimilation Rate (Nar) | 107 | ||
| 4.24 | Plant Height At Harvest (Cm) | 108 | ||
| 4.25 | Head Diameter (Cm) | 115 | ||
| 4.26 | No. Of Achenes Head -1 | 116 | ||
| 4.27 | 1000-Achene Weight (G) | 121 | ||
| 4.28 | Days Taken To 50% Flowering | 122 | ||
| 4.29 | Days Taken To Maturity | 126 | ||
| 4.30 | Biological Yield (Kg Ha -1 ) | 128 | ||
| 4.31 | Achene Yield (Kg Ha -1 ) | 130 | ||
| 4.32 | Harvest Index | 131 | ||
| 4.33 | Achene Oil Contents (%) | 133 | ||
| 4.34 | Achene Protein Contents(%) | 136 | ||
| 4.35 | Stearic Acid(%) | 142 | ||
| 4.36 | Palmitic Acid(%) | 142 | ||
| 4.37 | Oleic Acid (%) | 144 | ||
| 4.38 | Linoleic Acid (%) | 148 | ||
| 4.39 | Linolenic Acid(%) | 148 | ||
| 4.40 | Relationship Between Achene Yield And Components Of Yield | 151 | ||
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| 6 | 5 | Summary | 154 | 232.82 KB |
| 5.1 | Experiment -1 | 154 | ||
| 5.2 | Experiment -2 | 157 | ||
| 5.3 | Suggestions For Future Research | 161 | ||
| 5.4 | Literature Ture Cited | 162 | ||
| 5.5 | Appendices | 184 | ||
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