The confectionary sunflower variety Karavan

Confectionary sunflower variety Karavan was developed in V.S. Pustovoit All-Russian Research Institute of Oil Crops within a breeding program of development of the varieties of the different maturity groups, usage directions and resistant to stress factors. The variety Karavan belongs to mid-maturing group, possesses potentially high yield, is tolerant to a complex of broomrape races E, F, G. Plant height is 180190 сш. The new variety is characterized with high speed of growth at the initial stages of development. Thousand-seed weight is more than 140 g at recommended plant population. The variety Karavan is included into the State Registry of the breeding achievements of the Russian Federation since 2021 and permitted for production in the Central Black Soil (5), the Northern Caucasus (6), Middle Volga (7) and Low Volga (8) regions.