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research report to the project 'Investigations on the dynamic of growth of selected carrot varieties from biodynamic and ...
a Kentucky State Univ., 218 Atwood Research Facility, Dep. of Plant and Soil Science, Frankfort, KY 40601 b USDA/ARS, Coastal Plains Soil, Water and Plant Research Center, 2611 W. Lucas St., Florence, SC 29501-1242
PUBLISHED PAPERS RELATING TO CARROT (Daucus carota L.) (in date order) Davey, J.C., Horgan, G.W. & Talbot, M. 1997 Image analysis: a tool for assessing plant uniformity and variety matching. In: Proceedings of the fifth meeting of the EUCARPIA Carrot Working Group. Krakow.
Currently, three species, the northern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne hapla), carrot cyst nematode (Heterodera carotae) and P. penetrans root-lesion nematode (Pratylenchus penetrans) are recognized as important pathogens in Michigan (MI) carrot production.
Leaf Blight (fungus - Alternaria dauci) Infection occurs mostly on older leaves, but younger leaves may also become infected. Leaf blight first appears as indefinite brown to black areas with pale yellow centers. Infected leaves shrivel when infection is heavy [Photo #1].
Weed management in domestic carrot production is characterized by high yield loss potential, few herbicides, and heavy reliance on handweeding. The most troublesome weed in carrot is volunteer potato and no herbicides are registered for control of the wee...
Dark-grown carrot (Daucus carota L.) tissue cultures were found to contain both protein components of the NADP/thioredoxin system--NADP-thioredoxin reductase and the thioredoxin characteristic of heterotrophic systems, thioredoxin h.