Abstract
Poor root color is a recurring problem in carrot ( Daucus carota L.) production. Consumers prefer dark orange carrots that are high in carotene. However, unfavorable environmental conditions and certain production practices can lead to light orange roots with low carotene content. Growers sometimes refer to this as “white root.” No one has clearly established the causes or cures for this disorder. Several environmental factors are known to affect the color of carrots, but to date there is no practical treatment. High-density planting often reduces carotene content. Field studies were conducted in the 1995-96 and 1996-97 winter growing seasons to determine if foliar applications of ethephon would improve carrot color, carotene content, and yield. Carotene content and root color increased as the number of applications or the amount of ethephon applied with each application increased. Root weight was not significantly affected.
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
Carotene content increased with more ethephon applications or a greater dose per application.
- Taxon
- carrot
Daucus carotae0 - Treatment
- ethephone1
- Outcome
- Carotene contente1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Qualifier
- as the number of applications or the amount of ethephon applied with each application increasede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“carrot ( Daucus carota L.)”
e1“Carotene content and root color increased as the number of applications or the amount of ethephon applied with each application increased.”
Claim · model-written summary
Root color intensified with more ethephon applications or a greater dose per application.
- Taxon
- carrotDaucus carotae0
- Treatment
- ethephone1
- Outcome
- root colore1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Qualifier
- as the number of applications or the amount of ethephon applied with each application increasede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“carrot ( Daucus carota L.)”
e1“Carotene content and root color increased as the number of applications or the amount of ethephon applied with each application increased.”
Claim · model-written summary
Ethephon applications did not significantly affect root weight.
- Taxon
- carrotDaucus carotae0
- Treatment
- foliar applications of ethephone1
- Outcome
- Root weighte2
- Direction
- not significantly affectede2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“carrot ( Daucus carota L.)”
e1“foliar applications of ethephon”
e2“Root weight was not significantly affected.”
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