date:Aug 25, 2015
arieties by hybrid seeds.
Sunflower seeds are crushed mostly locally and seed world trade represents less than 10% of global production. World sunflower oil trade accounts for 30% of total consumption. The European Union is the major destination of the Ukrainian and Argentine exports.
Major challenges for the scientist community around the sunflower value chain will certainly compress genetic improvement to increase yields, enlarge ecological adaptation, improve quality and/or trans-fatty aci