Carrot is a cool-season vegetable belonging to the Apiaceae . It probably originated in the Middle East, with the first carrots grown for consumption in Afghanistan ( Peirce, 1987 ). Carrots are a substantial source of dietary fiber and vitamin A
emergence, seedlings were thinned to one plant per pot. Pots were lined with woven 20 × 20 mesh of 0.02-cm-diameter thread [about 0.016-cm 2 opening size (Clear Advantage Charcoal Fiber Glass Insect Screen; New York Wire, Hanover, PA)] and filled with a 2
through leaves and, even if taken up, some nutrients are not phloem mobile. For deciduous fruit crops, reproductive growth commences before vegetative shoot extension and leaf expansion. Thus, foliar fertilization strategies at early stages of tree
New York, USA, is an important regional center of processing carrot ( Daucus carota ssp. sativus ) production on ∼2223 acres annually ( US Department of Agriculture 2017 ). The roots are a rich source of carotenoids, vitamins, and dietary fiber