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Carrots are a cool season crop. They are grown for their fleshy, and tasty storage roots. The carrot is native to Europe and parts of Asia. The carrot is mentioned in some ancient Greek writings; however, the carrot we know is relatively new due to improvements by plant breeding.
Guo-Qing Tanga, Marcel Lüscherb, and Arnd Sturma a Friedrich Miescher Institute, Maulbeerstrasse 66, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland b Botanical Institute, University of Basel, Hebelstrasse 1, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
To investigate the possibility of transposon tagging for subsequent cloning of carrot genes, carrot calli were transformed with a modified maize transposable element Activator-transposase (Ac-TPase) and Ds using an Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method.
Vegetable, eaten raw or cooked. Rich in carotene which is the precursor of vitamin A. First domesticated in Afganistan. Early varieties had anthocyanin pigments in them giving the carrot a red, purple or black colour. A yellow variety without anthocyanin arose in the 16th century and became popular.
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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 .