DAUCUS.AMES.OBS.ROOTS.GH.SOIL

Traits evaluated: HYPOCOTYL PIGMENTATION (HYPOPIG); MAXIMUM CORE SIZE (MAXCORESIZ); MAXIMUM STORAGE ROOT LENGTH (MAXSTRTLEN); MAXIMUM STORAGE ROOT WEIGHT (MAXSTRTWGT); MEAN CORE SIZE (MEANCORESZ); MEAN STORAGE ROOT LENGTH (MEANSRTLEN); MEAN STORAGE ROOT WEIGHT (MEANSRTWGT); MINIMUM CORE SIZE (MINCORESIZ); MINIMUM STORAGE ROOT LENGTH (MINSTRTLEN); MINIMUM STORAGE ROOT WEIGHT (MINSTRTWGT); ROOT GREENING (ROOTGREEN); ROOT PHLOEM CAROTENOID COLOR (ROOTPHLOEM); ROOT SKIN PIGMENTATION / COLOR (RTSKINPIG); ROOT XYLEM CAROTENOID COLOR (RTXYLEMCOL); NATURE OF STORAGE ORGAN (STORORGAN); STORAGE ROOT DIAMETER (STORRTDIAM); STORAGE ROOT SHAPE (STORRTSHP); STORAGE ROOT SURFACE (STORRTSURF); STORAGE ROOT TIP SHAPE (STRRTTPSHP)

Evaluation location: Iowa, United States. Method: Daucus descriptor data recorded from observation planting in Greenhouse 3 in large pots filled with soil at the NCRPIS farm (42 degerees 3 minutes N latitude 93 degrees 30 minutes W longitude). Seeds of Daucus accession direct seeded into sandbox 8 feet x 4 feet x 24 inches (l x w x h); watered as needed, fertlized with standard liquid fertilzer weekly. Notes recorded ~ 100 days after planting on 10 roots.