Vegetative development and growth of carrot

١ Physiology of carrot growth and development Introduction • Carrot (Daucus carota L. ssp. Sativus (Hoffm.) Schübl. & G. Martens) originates from the wild forms growing in Europe and southwestern Asia (Banga 1984). • The western type of cultivated carrot is thought to derive from the anthocyanin-containing forms found in Afghanistan. • The first cultivated carrot types were purple or violet; yellow and, later, orange types were derived from this anthocyanin type by selection. • carrot has served as a model lant in plant physiology and more recently in biotechnology.