Everyone loves big, beautiful sunflowers (Helianthus annuus), right? These stunning North American native flowers are great for bees, can be used to make tasty snacks, and can even help to clean soil.

Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) are not only a lovely addition to your yard, but provide a fulfilling buffet for your ...

flowering heads of the sunflower plant (Helianthus annuus). These small, flat seeds are typically encased in a hard, black-and-white striped shell. The seeds can be consumed as a whole or with the ...

Nowadays, sunflowers come in many sizes and colors ... Its binomial name of “Helianthus annuus” means “annual flower of the sun.” For this reason, this plant is often associated with ...

In collaboration with our peers in EBIO, we are developing genomics-assisted breeding techniques that allow us to balance improvement in yield and nutritional aspects of the seed oil in sunflower ...

It locates patches of host plants along roadsides, field margins, and disturbed rangeland. Patches of common sunflower, Helianthus annuus, are especially attractive to this grasshopper. In its favored ...

What are ways species exchange genes with each other? Hybridization and gene flow are shortcuts to biodiversity that don’t always involve differentiation.