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Carrots are among the most popular vegetables. Those grown in Alaska are high in quality due to a greater accumulation of sugars in the root. Bitterness is unknown because Aster Yellows, a virus disease occurring in other areas, is not found here. The carrot (Daucus carota var.
Carrot red leaf associated RNA (CtRLVaRNA) was originally described in Californian carrots (Daucus carota L.) (Watson et al., 1998). It has also been reported from parsley (Petroselenium crispum) in Belgium (Vercruysse et al., 2000).
Y.-Y. Yau and P. W. Simon - Characterization of carrot (Daucus carota L.) Rs mutant and expression of acid soluble invertase in transformed rs/rs carrot and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv.
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.
FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS Daucus carota var sativus (Carrots) are grown for their prominent root structure and characteristic flavor and color. Carrots are grown as a cool season vegetable.
car.rot \'kar-*t\ n [MF carotte, fr. LL carota, fr. Gk karo-ton] 1: a biennial herb (Daucus carota of the family Umbelliferae, the car rot family) with a usu.
We have shown previously that inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) stimulates an efflux of 45Ca2+ from fusogenic carrot protoplasts (M Rincón, WF Boss [1987] Plant Physiol 83: 395-398).
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.