Field experiments were conducted in 1997 and 1998 near Rossville in northeast Kansas to evaluate control of imazethapyr-resistant common sunflower with selected herbicides in corn and soybean. In ...

Multiple weed species in the field combine to cause yield losses and can be described using one of several empirical models. Field studies were conducted to compare observed corn yield loss caused by ...

Why buy sunflower seeds for your bird feeder when you can grow them? However, not all varieties of sunflower are created equally, as far as birds are concerned.

The common sunflower (Helianthus annuus) with its familiar blooms has been cultivated by Native Americans as far back as 3,000 B.C. They utilized these lofty giants in medicine and as a vital food ...

My destination was Colonnade Arch, a scenic, buttressed alcove on the rim of the Green River Canyon, west of Canyonlands National Park. I was driving on a 37-mile long dirt road to my campsite, when I ...

As we enjoy the final few weeks of summer here in the Vail Valley, let’s take the time to pay homage to what is unequivocally a primary image of the season — the sunflower. You can probably picture ...

Researchers at CU are teasing out the modern-day sunflower's genetic history. Humans and sunflowers go way back. American Indians first domesticated the plant — prized for its seeds, oil and beauty — ...