Daucus carota India

Traits evaluated: ANTHOCYANIN ROOT COLOR (ANTHRTCOL); 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 direct seeded into two 4-foot rows 8 inches apart in NCRPIS Farm Greenhouse-3 sandbox measuring 8 ft. x 4 ft. x 2 ft (l x w x h) and filled to 20-inch depth with sand. Sandbox was watered as needed and seedlings fertilized with a liquid fertilizer twice weekly. Seedlings were thinned to 2 to 3 -inch spacing. Roots were carefully dug from the sand for notes/images after two to four months (or sooner if plants began to bolt). Root characterization notes/images were recorded on plants between 50 and 130 days after planting (DAP); average was 92 DAP. Notes/images recorded on 10 roots per accession.

Traits evaluated: HUNDRED SEED WEIGHT (100SEEDWGT)

Method: This is the generic evaluation method that can be used for transferring hundred seed weights from the prod.nc7iv table to the prod.ob table. The prod.ob table is where the values for the descriptors are stored.

Hancock, Wisconsin evaluations for Alternaria resistance in 2015

This study is the first field-based, multi-year experiment to evaluate shoot-growth trait variation over a 100-day growing season in a carrot diversity panel (N=695) that includes genetically diverse carrot accessions from the United States Department of Agriculture National Plant Germplasm System. This study provides the first broad-sense heritability estimates for early-season seedling vigor and early-season canopy coverage on a diverse collection. We also develop a method for characterizing flowering to identify accessions that are predominantly biennial, which could be incorporated into biennial breeding programs without substantially increasing the risk of annual growth habits.