Culture of Topinsunflower in Georgia

The new crop - Topinsunflower was created by breeders with the crossing hybridization of sunflower and topinambur. Tuber of Topinsunfower contain substances of high nutrition cost. Topinsunflower is a very high plant - 240 sm, germinate a green mass with big leaves and mainly used in forage, as well as for food production. He provides 50 t/ha yield of green mass, and tubers 35 t/ha per year. Topinsunflower is used basically as a forage for cattle, as well as a raw material in manufacture industry and pharmacy. In monograph Topinsunflower represents as rather value and irreplaceable raw material in various industry. On the base of recommendations, obtained by scientific-research work, book provides advance growing technologies opportunities. By this data Topinsunflower will provide his part in food security and safety of Georgia.