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Images from Handbook of Plant Breeding

The following photographs were published in "Handbook of Plant Breeding, Volume 2" - "Vegetables II: Fabaceae, Liliaceae, Solanaceae, and Umbelliferae" 2008. Jaime Prohens and Fernando Nuez eds. "Carrot" chapter, pp. 327-357. ISBN: 978-0-387-74108-6
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Fig. 1. Typical Carrot Root Shapes. Top row includes original European types; bottom two rows are major types grown worldwide today
Fig. 1. Typical Carrot Root Shapes. Top row includes original European types; bottom two rows are major types grown worldwide today

Fig. 2. Male fertile (left), petaloid male sterile (middle), and brown anther male sterile (right) carrot flowers. White bar = 1 mm
Fig. 2. Male fertile (left), petaloid male sterile (middle), and brown anther male sterile (right) carrot flowers. White bar = 1 mm