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Groundnut vs Sunflower

Both are Oilseed. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.

Groundnut Sunflower

Measure Groundnut Sunflower
Season Kharif Rabi · Zaid
Sowing window Jun–Jul Oct–Nov, Jan–Feb
Days to harvest 100–130 90–110
Spacing 30 × 10 cm 60 × 30 cm
Soil pH 6.0–7.0 6.5–8.0
Water 500–700 400–600
Temperature °C 25–30 20–28
Seed rate 100–120 kg 8–10 kg
Yield 2–2.5 t 1.5–2 t
Watch for Leaf miner, tikka leaf spot Head borer, necrosis, downy mildew

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