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Contents INTRODUCTION BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTIC AND BIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF SUNFLOWER................................................................................................................ ... Plant Structure (T. A. Perestova, L G. Tsukhlo) ............................................. Growth and Development {A. B. D y a k o v ) ............................................................. Plant Mineral Elements Absorption (A. B. Dyakov, T. A, Vasilyeva) ............ Water Exchange (A. B. D y a k o v ) .......................................................................... Climate and Soil Adaptation (A. В. Dyakov) ....................................................... Photosynthesis and Yield Formation in Canopy (A B. Dyakov) ..................... Seed Maturation (P. S. Popov, A . B. Dyakov, L. N. Kharchenko) .................. Plant Chemical Composition (P. S. Popov, L. N. Kharchenko, Ya. N. Demurin) Biochemical Aspects of Seed Storage ( L. N. Kharchenko, P. S. Popov) . . . . Conjugate Variability of Productivity and Seed Quality Characters (A. B. Dyakov) SUNFLOWER GENETICS AND ROUTES FOR OPTIMIZING ITS BREEDING AND SEED PRODUCTION........................................................................................... Plant and Seed Marker Characters (N. 1. Bochkaryov, V. V. Tolmachyov, L G. Tsukhlo) .......................................................................................................... Sunriower Plants with Short Stems (К V. Tolmachyov) .................................... Genetics of Disease and Pest Resistance (V. V. Tolm achyov) ........................... Male Sterility (N. J. Bochkaryov, L G . Tsukhlo) ............................................. Quantitative Agronomic Traits (A. B. Dyakov) ................................................... Genetics of Oil Quality Characters (P. S. Popov, Ya N. Demurin) ............... Isoenzymes as Gene Markers (/. G. Borovkova, A. V. Loskutov) .................. Sunflower Proteins Used as Markers for Indcntifieation and Purity Analysis of Lines (/. G. Borovkova) ........................................................................................... Ideal Morphophysiological Plant Type of Developed Sunriower Varieties and Hybrids (A. B. D y a k o v ) ........................................................................................... Principles and Methods оГ Breeding Identification of Desirable Genotypes (A. B. Dyakov) .......................................................................................................... Methods for Biochemical Evaluation of Breeding Material (P. S. Popov, E. Kh. Aspiotis) . ................................................................ ................................................... Tissue Culture Procedures and Prospects for Using Biotechnology in Sunflower Breeding (T. S. Antonova) ..................................................................................... SUNFLOWER OPEN-POLLINATED VARIETY BREEDING AND SEED PRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 5 5 7 10 12 16 18 21 28 35 36 3P 39 44 45 49 52» 57 61 64 68 72 77 80 89 Breeding Techniques (E N. Surovikin, S. G. Borodin) . . . , ........................... 89 Major Objectives and Trends in Breeding Sunflower Varieties (V. N. Surovikin, E. L. Slyusar, В. I . Khatnyansky, V. P. llatovsky, S. G. Borodin, V. F. Zaichuk, D. I. Оbydah) ....................................... .................................................................. 100 Sunflower Varieties (E N. Surovikin) .................. ..................................................... 129 Sunflower Variety Seed Production and Variety Renovation (V. 1. Khatnyansky, D. I. Obydafo) . ..................................... . . . * ......................................................... 132 SUNFLOWER HETEROSIS BREEDING .................................................................. 140 Methods and Techniques for Producing Hybrids (P. I. Tkachenko, V. A. Litvinenko, A. F. Matiyenko, A. D. Bochkovoy) .................................... Sunflower Hybrid Seed Production (.4. D. Bochkovoy) ..................... .............. Scedprodaction of parent fo rm s ..................................................................... • • . 284