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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="general-sciences" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">165</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>General Sciences</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>EFFECT OF SULPHUR FERTILIZATION ON GROWTH, YIELD AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE OF SUNFLOWER IN NORTH CAUVERY DELTAIC REGION&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ravikumar</surname><given-names>C.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ganapathy</surname><given-names>M.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Vaiyapuri</surname><given-names>V.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>13</fpage><lpage>17</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Aim: The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the response and fix an optimize source and levels of S for sunflower production.&#13;
Materials and Methods: Field experiments were conducted in the Experimental Farm of the Department of Agronomy, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar during March - June and June - September 2014 in RBD to study the response of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) var. K-1 to different sources and levels of sulphur (Elemental sulphur, Gypsum and Pyrite for their growth, yield attributes, and yield.&#13;
Result: Among the different treatments Elemental Sulphur @ 45 kg ha-1 along with RDF (40:20:20 kg ha-1) had a positive effect on growth, yield attributes, yield and nutrient uptake in sunflower for I and II crops. The lowest values of growth, yield attributes and yield were recorded by 0 kg S ha-1 along with RDF.&#13;
Conclusion: Application of sulphur especially through Elemental sulphur @ 45 kg ha-1 along with RDF (40:20:20 kg ha-1) is a fitting practice for augmenting sunflower yields in clay loam regions of Cuddalore district sunflower farmers.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Sulphur Levels</kwd><kwd> Growth</kwd><kwd> Yield</kwd><kwd> Sunflower</kwd><kwd> Nutrient uptake</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
