A spokesman of agriculture department said here on Saturday that hybrid variety of sunflower should be used for cultivation as it has not only ample resistance against diseases, but it also gives bumper production.
The farmers of districts Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh, Okara, Sahiwal, Jhang, Chiniot, Sargodha and Mianwali should cultivate sunflower for Baharia crops from January 15 to February 15 for getting maximum yield, he added.