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Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information:ABSTRACT: Three methods of mint propagation were compared, using six different cultivars and clonal selections of Mentha piperita and Mentha a r v d var. pipemscens. Propagation methods included autumn-planted rooted cuttings and autumn-and summerplanted rhizomes. All tested selections except one produced the highest yields of fresh herbage when propagated by rooted cuttings. Essential oil yields and menthol content vaned among the tested selections based on method of propagation. However, it remains within the Bulgarian standards for respective cultivars.

Five sunflower hybrids (Albena, Super Start, Zora, Santafe and San Luka) and their parental lines (2607, 1234, 1607 were tested on a block design in four replication in the course of two years. The highest phenotypic and genotypic coefficients of variation were recorded for seed yield per plant followed by the number of seeds per plant and 1000 seed weight, while the lowest value was observed at 50% flowering. The heritability coefficients in a broad sense were high in all characters and ranged from 69.74 % to 96.96 %. Correlation between the main quantitative characters found a positive correlation with the seed yield per plant. Oil content was lower but not significantly correlated concerning the head diameter, the 1000-seed weight, the plant height, the stem diameter and the days to 50% flowering.