Daucus carota (carrot)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Daucus carota L.
- Preferred Common Name
- carrot
- Other Scientific Names
- Daucus gingidium L
- Daucus sativus Hoffm.
- International Common Names
- Englishbird's nestbishop's laceQueen Anne's lacewild carrot
- Spanishzanahoria
- Frenchcarotte
- Arabicgazar
- Portuguesecenoura-brava
- Local Common Names
- GermanyKarottenMohren
- Italycarota selvatica
- Japannoraninjin
- Netherlandswilde peen
- Swedenvild morot
- EPPO code
- DAUCA (Daucus carota)
Pictures
Field crop
Daucus carota (carrot); field crop. Israel. February 2011.
©Oren Peles/via the PikiWiki/Israel free image collection project - CC BY 2.5
Field crop
Daucus carota (carrot); field crop. José Francisco da Silva, responsible for fertilization and planting, cleans organic carrots from the Mokiti Okada Association (MOA). Brasil. April 2005.
©José Cruz/Agência Brasil (ABr)/via wikipedia - CC BY 3.0 BR
Carrot diversity
Daucus carota (carrot); carrot diversity in both shape and colour.
Public Domain - Released by the United States Dept of Agrculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS)
Seedlings
Daucus carota (carrot); two-leaf seedlings. Stow, Masschusetts, USA. July 2008.
©Dwight Sipler, Stow, MA, USA/via wikipedia - CC BY 2.0
Harvested carrots
Daucus carota (carrot); harvested carrots.
©Oregon State University, Dept of Nutrition & Food Management
Carrot black rot (Alternaria radicina).
Alternaria radicina collar infection of 6-8 week old carrot seedlings.
Robin Coles
Carrot black rot (Alternaria radicina).
Alternaria radicina lesions on carrot leaves.
Robin Coles
Carrot black rot (Alternaria radicina).
Petiole infection of carrots.
Robin Coles
Carrot black rot (Alternaria radicina).
Alternaria radicina infection on coldstore carrots.
Robin Coles
Flowering umbel
Daucus carota (wild carrot, Queen Anne's lace). flowering umbel. Kula, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2009.
©Forest & Kim Starr-2009 - CC BY 3.0
Flowering umbels
Daucus carota (wild carrot, Queen Anne's lace). flowering umbels. Kula, Maui, Hawaii, USA. April, 2009.
©Forest & Kim Starr-2009 - CC BY 3.0
CCO Public Domain
Selectively bred carrots
Daucus carota (carrot); selectively bred carrots with greatly varied pigmentation.
Public Domain - Released by the United States Dept of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS)/original image by Stephen Ausmus
Harvested carrots
Daucus carota (carrot); harvested carrots, in sacks. Afghanistan. March 2003.
Public Domain - Released by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Line drawing
Daucus carota (carrot); whole plant showing roots and flowers. Reproduced from the series 'Plant Resources of South-East Asia', by kind permission of the PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia.
©PROSEA Foundation
Distribution
Host Plants and Other Plants Affected
| Host | Host status | References |
|---|---|---|
| Citrus | Unknown | Celepcİ et al. (2017) |
| Hordeum vulgare (barley) | Unknown | Pala (2020) |
| Medicago sativa (lucerne) | Unknown | Hassannejad and Ghafarbi (2014) |
| Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) | Unknown | Stobbs et al. (2009) |
| Triticum aestivum (wheat) | Unknown | Hassannejad and Ghafarbi (2013) Hassannejad et al. (2014) Milanova et al. (2007) |
Prevention and Control
Eradication
Fire is not very effective in removing wild carrot plants from natural areas, although they tend to decline spontaneously in such areas when there is an absence of disturbance (Hilty, 2015).
Cultural Control and Sanitary Measures
Crop rotations can be used to reduce wild carrot infestations. In particular incorporating wheat into the rotation can reduce or even prevent wild carrot seed production as wheat harvest occurs when wild carrot is flowering.
Physical/Mechanical Control
Mowing wheat stubble to 10 cm in late August will cut off any wild carrot flowers, as will mowing in pastures and non-crop areas, where mowing as close to the ground as possible when 75% of plants have begun flowering is advocated.
Chemical Control
Due to the variable regulations around (de-)registration of pesticides, we are for the moment not including any specific chemical control recommendations. For further information, we recommend you visit the following resources:
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EU pesticides database (http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/)
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PAN pesticide database (www.pesticideinfo.org)
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Your national pesticide guide
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Published online: 4 October 2022
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