The cultivation of perennial sunflower in the focus of scientists
Sunflower Seed
United States
Published Sep 27, 2020
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An international team of scientists from the United States and Argentina tested whether Silphium integrifolium could produce oilseeds without resorting to agrochemical insecticides to protect against pests
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An international team of scientists from the United States and Argentina tested whether it is possible to achieve oilseed production by growing Silphium integrifolium without resorting to agrochemical insecticides to protect against pests Researchers from the Earth Institute, USA, have been dealing with the creation of a universal perennial sunflower for quite some time, as well as technologies for the production of this culture with an emphasis on environmental practices. In a new paper published on www.mdpi.com, a group of scientists from the Institute of the Earth, together with colleagues from the Museum of Paleontology Egidio Feruglio, Argentina, report on the results of recent experiments in which an alternative was sought to permethrin. The authors write, among other things, the following. Utility is the main factor in the domestication of plants. Annual crops have been very successful in domestication precisely because shortening the growing season speeds up the response ...
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