The Table of Contents is as follows:

PREAMBLE
SECTION I - TAXONOMY OF THE GENUS HELIANTHUS, NATURAL HABITAT AND ORIGINS
OF THE CULTIVATED SUNFLOWER
1.1. Taxonomy of the genus Helianthus
1.1.1. Section Helianthus
1.1.2. Section Agrestes
1.1.3. Section Ciliares
1.1.4. Section Atrorubens
1.2. The natural distribution of sunflowers (Helianthus annuus L.)
1.3. The origins of the cultivated sunflower
SECTION II - THE BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CULTIVATED SUNFLOWER
2.1. Root system
2.2. Above-ground vegetation
2.3. The reproductive system
2.4. Flowering
2.5. Fertilisation
2.6. Fructification
SECTION III - THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND AGRONOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
CULTIVATED SUNFLOWER
3.1. The sunflower growth cycle
3.1.1. The phase between sowing and the emergence of the first shoots
3.1.2. The phase between the emergence of the first shoots and growth of 4/5 pairs of leaves
3.1.3. The phase between growth of the first five leaf pairs and the beginning of flowering
3.1.4. Flowering
3.1.5. The seed-building phase
3.2. The functioning of the plant and vegetation cover
3.3. Building sunflower yield
SECTION IV - POSSIBILITIES OF CROSSES OF CULTIVATED SUNFLOWER WITH WILD
SPECIES
4.1. Intraspecific crosses
4.1.1. Wild populations of H. annuus
4.1.2. Volunteer populations
4.2. Related Helianthus species and interspecific hybridization
SECTION V - POTENTIAL INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER ORGANISMS
5.1. Sunflower insects
5.2. Sunflower diseases
5.3. Other sunflower consumers
5.3.1. Rabbits and hares
5.3.2. Birds
SECTION VI - BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
APPENDIX 1 – INSECT PESTS IN SUNFLOWER
APPENDIX 2 – THE PATHOGENS OF SUNFLOWER
QUESTIONNAIRE TO RETURN TO THE OECD