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• Managing Insect Pests of Texas Sunflowers (2020), E-579 (PDF)
• Sunflower Diseases of Central & South Texas 2011 (PDF)
• West Texas Sunflower Insects 2016 (PDF)
• Sunflower Bloom Growth Staging for Sunflower (Head) Moth Control (PDF)
• 2015 Lubbock TX Oilseed Sunflower Hybrid Test Table (PDF)
• 2015 Lubbock TX Confectionary Sunfl Hybrid Trial AgriLife (PDF)
• 2015 Dallam TX Oilseed Sunflower Hybrid Test Table (PDF)
• 2015 Dallam TX Confectionary Sunfl Hybrid Trial AgriLife (PDF)
• 2014 Dallam TX Conf. Sunflower Hybrid Test Table (PDF)
• 2014 Dallam TX Oilseed Sunflower Hybrid Test Table (PDF)
• 2014 Lubbock TX Conf. Sunflower Hybrid Test Table (PDF)
• 2014 Lubbock TX Oilseed Sunflower Hybrid Test Table (PDF)
• Last Recommended Sunflower Planting Dates – TX & OK High Plains 2015 (PDF)
• 2013 Etter-TX Confectionary Sunflower Hybrid Trial (PDF)
• 2013 Etter-TX Oilseed Sunflower Hybrid Trial (PDF)
• 2013 Lubbock-TX Confectionary Sunflower Hybrid Trial (PDF)
• 2013 Lubbock-TX Oilseed Sunflower Hybrid Trial (PDF)
• 2012 Etter-TX Confectionary Sunflower Hybrid Trial (PDF)
• 2012 Etter-TX Oilseed Sunflower Hybrid Trial (PDF)
• 2012 Lubbock-TX Confectionary Sunflower Hybrid Trial (PDF)
• 2012 Lubbock-TX Oilseed Sunflower Hybrid Trial (PDF)
• Texas High Plains Sunflower Production June 2014 (PDF)
• Managing Insect Pests of Texas Sunflowers 2009 E-579 (PDF)
• Sunflower Weed Control Guide — Texas A&M AgriLife 2015-2016  (PDF)
• Height-Yield-Oil Short-Stature Sunflower Southern High Plains 2013 (PDF)
• Sunflower Production – Central & Northeast Texas, 2014 (PDF)
• Common Concerns in West Texas Sunflower and Ways to Solve Them 2012 (PDF)
• 2010 Confectionary Irrigated Sunflower Hybrid Trial Etter, TX (PDF)
• 2010 Confectionary Irrigated Sunflower Hybrid Trial Lubbock, TX (PDF)
• 2010 Oilseed Irrigated Sunflower Hybrid Trial Etter, TX (PDF)
• 2010 Oilseed Irrigated Sunflower Hybrid Trial Lubbock, TX (PDF)
• 2010 Confectionary Sunflower Hybrid Trial, Corpus Christi, TX (PDF)
• 2010 Oilseed Sunflower Hybrid Trial, Corpus Christi, TX (PDF)
• 2010 Confectionary Sunflower Hybrid Trial, Ellis Co., TX (PDF)
• 2010 Oilseed Sunflower Hybrid Trial, Ellis Co., TX (PDF)
• 2009 Rainfed Sunflower Hybrid Trial, Leonard, TX (PDF)
• 2009 Irrigated Confectionary Sunflower Performance Test, Etter TX (PDF)
• 2009 Irrigated Oilseed Sunflower Performance Test, Etter, TX (PDF)
• 2008 Irrigated Confection Sunflower Trial — Lubbock (XLS)
• 2008 Irrigated Oilseed Sunflower Trial — Lubbock (XLS)
• 2007 Irrigated Oilseed & Confection Sunflower Trials — Lubbock (XLS)
• Sunflower Harvesting (PDF)
• Drying and Storing Sunflowers (PDF)

Videos

• Short “how to” videos for sunflower production
  •  How to assess pecent bloom
  • How to time sprays for sunflower moth control

• Evaluating Hail Injury and Stand Reduction in Texas Sunflower (posted June 8 HTML)
• Control of Volunteer Annual Sunflower: A Field Trial Report (Texas A&M 2001 PDF, 16K)
• Optimum Seed Rate for Irrigated Confectionary and Oilseed Sunflower in the Texas High Plains (PDF)

Agronomy

• Sunflower Growth Stages (PDF)
• High Plains Sunflower Production Handbook (Kansas State Univ., PDF)
• Sunflower Production in Nebraska (Univ. of Nebraska)
• Sunflower Production Handbook (North Dakota State Univ)
• Types of Sunflowers Grown in the US (Purdue)
• Sunflower Production and Management (Manitoba)

Insects

Pest Management Homepage

• West Texas Sunflower Insects Summary June 2014 (PDF)
• Soybean Stem Borer in Kansas (PDF)
• Soybean Stem Borer in Sunflower (PDF)
• Supplement to “Managing Insect Pest of Texas Sunflower (PDF)
• Managing Insect Pests of Texas Sunflower (Texas A&M, PDF)
• High Plains Sunflower Production Handbook (Kansas state Univ., PDF)
• Management of Sunflower Insect Pests (Kansas State, PDF)
• Sunflower Production in Nebraska (Univ. of Nebraska)
• Growing Sunflowers
• The Sunflower Moth (USDA)