Project Number: 3655-21000-048-44
Project Type: General Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: May 28, 2012
End Date: Aug 30, 2015

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 under conventional and organic practices in Washington.

Approach:
a) Plant carrot seed with elite nematode and alternaria resistance and weed tolerance for testing in conventional and organic fields, three replicates each entry. b) Evaluate seedling emergence. c) Hand weed organic plots as needed; control weeds in conventional trials. d) Evaluate top size of each entry at one month, three months, and harvest. e) Harvest crop and provide root samples to PI's lab.