Sunflower: features of variety politics depending on the soil and climatic, technological, social and economic conditions (review)

Based on the analysis of domestic and foreign sources, the article provides the information on the results of long-term effective work of the Federal state budgetary scientific institution “All-Russian research institute of oil crops by the name of Pustovoit V.S.” (VNIIMK) on breeding of sunflower varieties. The importance of the works on development of varieties with high oil content conducted in VNIIMK under the guidance of the academician Pustovoit V.S. is stated, as well as the contribution of this work to the increasing interest to sunflower as an oil crop all over the world, spreading of sowing areas under this crop, and development of oil and fat industry. The differences between OP-varieties and interlinear hybrids are considered from the point of view of potential yield, sowings uniformity, environmental stability, self-fertility, profitability of seed growing, and peculiarities of introduction in a market economy. Introduction of sunflower OP-varieties in a certain soil and climatic, technological, social and economic conditions is concluded to be perspective.