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Research Project: CIOA 2: Carrot Improvement for Organic Agriculture with Added Grower and Consumer Value

Location: Vegetable Crops Research

Project Number: 5090-21000-069-031-A
Project Type: Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Oct 1, 2016
End Date: Aug 31, 2021

Objective:
Develop carrot breeding stocks for production in organic agriculture systems with improved nutritional value, trial carrots in diverse growing locations, and release germplasm to the seed industry. Grow carrot trials in multiple sites.

Approach:
a) Plant carrot seed with elite nematode and alternaria resistance and weed tolerance for testing. b) Evaluate seedling emergence. c) Evaluate top size of each entry. d) Harvest crop and provide root samples to ARS. e) Produce seed with elite selections.