Abstract
Over the years, the cultivation of sunflower has emerged as a popular cash crop and the area under it has increased during the
last decade in Pakistan because of its profitability than other competing crops. Besides, this crop needs little water, while its
harvesting time is short and it can easily be cultivated between two major crops. The present study was conducted to assess
the genetic potential of sunflower accessions for achene yield, achene weight and achene oil contents. The breeding material
consisted of more than 102 sunflower accessions out of which 9 were selected. Morphological, quality and yield related traits
recorded were; achene yield per plant, 1000 achene weight, oil contents, head diameter, leaf area, plant height, number of
leaves per plant, days to 50% flowering, days taken to maturity, days to complete flowering, intermodal length, stem girth,
palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid and protein contents.
