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The following photographs were published in Carrots and Related Vegetable Umbelliferae by V.E. Rubatzky, C.F. Quiros and P.W. Simon published in 1999 by CABI Publishing. New York, NY. 294 pp. ISBN 0 85199 129 7
These are the original color versions of those photographs, some of which were published in black and white. Higher resolution versions are available by clicking on either the photograph or on the figure legend.

Figure 2.1(a)
Fig. 2.1. (a) Representative carrot umbel

Figure 2.2
Fig. 2.2. Representation of carrot flower: (a) side view, (b) top view, (c) schizocarp (fruit) and (d) paired mericarps (seeds).

Figure 2.3
Fig. 2.3. Leaf shapes of several vegetable Umbelliferae. Foliage of various umbellifers exhibit a wide range of forms. They range from compound thread-like leaflets such as dill (a) to the circular non-segmented leaves of lawn pennyword (f). (a) Dill, (b) carrot, (c) caraway, (d) coriander, (e) lovage, and (f) lawn pennywort.

Figure 2.4
Fig. 2.4. Carrot storage root anatomy: (a) longitudinal and (b) cross-section.

Figure 2.5
Fig. 2.5. Succession of umbel development in carrot. P = primary, S = secondary and T = tertiary; numbers indicate order of development of secondary and tertiary umbels. Fourth and higher orders may also occur.

Angelica
Angelica		 Anise
Anise		 Caraway
Caraway		 Carrot
Carrot
Celery
Celery		 Chervil
Chervil		 Coriander
Coriander		 Culantro
Culantro
Cumin
Cumin		 Dill
Dill		 Fennel
Fennel		 Lovage
Lovage
Parsley
Parsley		 Parsnip
Parsnip		 Skirret
Skirret		 Turnip-rooted chervil
Turnip-rooted
chervil

Fig. 2.6. Seed shapes of several vegetable Umbelliferae.

Typical shapes of a diverse collection of carrot cultivars
Fig. 3.5. Typical shapes of a diverse collection of carrot cultivars.

Misshapen roots
Fig. 4.6. Misshapen roots. The condition may be induced by Pythium, early nematode infection and/or abiotic causative factors.

Aster yellows-infected flowering carrots
Fig. 6.1(a). Aster yellows-infected (a) flowering carrots

Carrot roots infested with carrot root fly
Fig. 6.16. Carrot roots infested with carrot root fly Psila rosae. Larvae can be seen protruding from the upper surface of the lower intact root, also from the bottom half of the upper cross section portion. Larvae feeding is also evident in upper mid portion of the tap root.