“…When irrigated, the sunflower crop has a grain yield generally between 2,200 to 3,000 kg ha -1 (Biscaro et al, 2008;Flagella, Rotunno, Tarantino, Di Caterina, & De Caro, 2002;Silva, Faria, Morais, Andrade, & Lima, 2007;Simões, Drumond, Oliveira, Gonçalves, & Guimarães, 2018;Smiderle, Mourão, Jr., & Gianluppi, 2005). However, there are records of grain yields exceeding 6,300 kg ha -1 under irrigation (Anastasi, Santonoceto, Giuffre, Sortino, & Abbate, 2010;Goksoy, Demir, Turan, & Dagustu, 2004; E. P. Gomes et al, 2012;Karam et al, 2007;Simões et al, 2016).…”