Sunflower (cultivar LD 5009) was seeded at a row spacing of 60 cm and density of 49,000 plants per hectare. Seeding was manually done on 2 June 2013 and 8 June 2014; the crop was harvested on 30 September in 2013 and 3 October in 2014. After harvest and removal of sunflower stalks, flood irrigation was done using the same pre-sowing water volume per plot. Other management practices were performed according to local agro-nomic practices.