
A field experiment was conducted during the kharifand rabi season 2011 at UAS, Bangalore to examine SSNM effect on growth, yield and nutrient uptake of the sunflower cropping system. Application of soil test value based NPK along with limiting micronutrient, boron and FYM (5t/ha) along with Trichodermavidride (T6) has recorded significantly higher seed yield (2367kg/ha) and oil yield (970kg/ha) as well as a higher growth and yield parameters viz. plant height (154.8 cm/ plant), stem girth (1.95cm), head diameter (13.55 cm) and 100 seed weight (4.88g) as compared to the control.The results also revealed that a higher economic returns were obtained with respect to cost of cultivation in T6 when SSNM was practiced in groundnut- sunflower cropping system.