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[R] Daucus carota L. (Apiaceae). Fr: Carotte; Ge: Karotte; Sp: Zanahoria; It: Carota; Pt: Cenoura. . - Herbaceous biennial plant with small pink or white umbelliferous flowers, found growing wild in dry plains or at the edge of fields.
Although wild carrot has a long, tough taproot, the only true similarity to domestic carrot is its finely branched, "lace-like" foliage. Wild carrot is a biennial and forms a flat, many branched rosette during its first year.
Carbohydrate metabolism in Al-phosphate utilizing cells of carrot [designated as IPG, Koyama et al. (1992) Plant Cell Physiol. 33: 171], which grow normally in Al-phosphate medium accompanied by citrate excretion, was investigated.
bstract The effects of manipulating sowing and harvest dates on the degree of carrot rust fly (Psila rosae) damage on carrots (Daucus carota) was investigated at Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand in 1994-95.
Distribution: Grown world-wide in temperate and subtropical regions, mainly in Europe, Syria to Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China, North America, Siberia and North Africa. Low soil requirements, sensitive to poor drainage.
Somatic heart- and torpedo-stage embryos of the domesticated carrot, Daucus carota L., were severed at their midlengths to produce two halves termed apical and basal pieces. These pieces may be grafted or kept separate.
Discover Life's encyclopedia page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification and distribution of Discover Life -- Carrot, Daucus carota image
Unlike all plant inward-rectifying potassium channels, the carrot channel KDC1 has two histidine pairs (H161,H162) in the S3 S4 and (H224,H225) in the S5 S6 linkers.
Origin of the name (etimology) : Well known by our forefathers who used to give it heating properties : "daucus" comes from daukos, name given by the Greeks to some members of the the Umbelliferae family and it seems to derive from "daîo" : I overheat .