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Diseases

Alternaria Leaf Blight of Carrot

Daucus carota L.

A complex of carrot diseases caused by the fungi Alternaria dauci (leaf blight) and Alternaria radicina (black rot), characterized by polygenic resistance and the need for pathogen differentiation in breeding.

In the reference 185 varieties crop Carrot, where this is mentioned in the description.

The causal agent of leaf blight, Alternaria dauci, infects carrot foliage, manifesting as dark brown or black necrotic spots with a chlorotic halo, which, under high humidity, leads to mass leaf dieback. Alternaria radicina is the causal agent of black rot, which affects seedlings in the manner of damping-off and forms deep, dark, sunken lesions on root crops during storage.

Carrot resistance to this pathocomplex is polygenic in nature, with the term tolerance being more frequently used in breeding to account for the influence of interallelic interactions and environmental factors. In professional documentation, codes Ad for Alternaria dauci and Ar for Alternaria radicina are used to denote resistance to the pathogens, although there is no clear classification into pathogen races.

General information about the subject — on the page Alternaria blight.

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Varieties of Carrot mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Jerada

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

NL UA
10 records

Berlin

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Ger Beemsterboer

NL UA
11 records

Fontana

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Bejo Zaden BV, NL-1749 ZH Warmenhuizen

BG HU LT NL PL SI
8 records

Kamaran

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Bejo Zaden (NL)

CZ HU NL SI SK
8 records

Octavo

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Vilmorin, F

FR UA
8 records

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Paul Degreef

NL UA
13 records

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Paul Degreef

NL UA
15 records

Bermuda

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Ger Beemsterboer

NL UA
10 records

Belgrado

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Bejo Zaden, NL

NL
9 records

Parano

Terminated

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Nunhems BV (NL)

CZ HR NL PL SK
8 records

Tinga

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Moravoseed Spol. S.r.o

CZ PL SK UA
7 records

Negovia

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Bejo Zaden BV (NL)

HR NL SK
8 records

Newhall

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Ger Beemsterboer

HR NL UA
8 records

Speedo

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Vilmorin SA (FR)

FR UA
7 records

Olimpo

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Vilmorin SA (FR)

FR UA
10 records

Florance

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Robert Oostveen, Nunhems B.V.

NL UA
11 records

Cadance

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Paul Degreef

NL UA
13 records

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Bejo Zaden B.V.

NL UA
9 records

Saturno

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

HM.CLAUSE

FR
7 records

Samantha

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Sakata Vegetable Europe S.A.R.L

BG NL UA
7 records

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Bejo Zaden BV (NL)

HR NL
6 records

Silvano

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Vilmorin SA (FR)

FR UA
6 records

Santorin

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Raphael Van-Hyfte

FR UA
6 records

Nebida

Active

Daucus carota L. · Carrot

Ger Beemsterboer

NL UA
7 records