Odyssey IMI, Kharkiv region.

Sunflower seeds Odysseus imi

The sunflower called Odyssey is one of the new hybrids on the domestic seed market and of Ukrainian selection.

Odyssey imi is a sunflower under Eurolighting and has genetic resistance to this herbicide.

Odyssey imi sunflower hybrid with optimal growing technology using standard agrotechnology provides a good level of productivity even when growing on poor soils and in hot, arid growing conditions. It is possible to say that Odysseus is a sunflower for the south of Ukraine.

This sunflower hybrid was bred on the territory of Ukraine and tested in the fields of Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Cherkassy, Odesa and Kherson regions and showed its yield at the level of 24-28 centners/ha.

According to the recommendations for the cultivation of the Odyssey imi sunflower, it is possible to note the standard zones for cultivation - forest-steppe and steppe. The kernel of the sunflower is large, besides, Odysseus, it is a high-oleic sunflower. Odysseus is a sunflower resistant to infection, as well as other weeds and common sunflower diseases. Oil yield from sunflower - 49%.(//tractor-service.com)

There were also good indicators in the southern regions. The vegetation period is 112-116 days, which will allow the cultivation of a sunflower hybrid called Odyssey in both the Kherson and Chernihiv regions.

Advantages of biological features:

One of the most resistant sunflower hybrids to the sunflower moth;

High indicators of growth energy, as well as drought resistance and laying;

Genetic resistance to 5 races of "pests" and sunflower roundworm (A, B, C, D, E).

It is resistant to sclerotinia, as well as Phomopsis, and is highly resistant to white rot, which makes it possible to grow this hybrid in areas with heavy precipitation, such as Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, and Sumy regions.