Working Group on Umbellifer Crops

An inventory of activities carried out by our members and partners in Europe on genebank material

The information below has been provided by the WG members indicated as contacts.

Country: UK

Name of Genebank/Institute  

Warwick Genetic Resources Unit, Warwick Crop Centre, University of Warwick

Contact

 Charlotte Allender

Crops

Daucus carota (carrot)

Topics

Characterization, regeneration, seed physiology

Information sources

  • Warwick Vegetable Genetic Improvement Network - Carrot  [web site]
  • Warwick Crop Centre - Genetic Resources Unit (GRU) [web site]
  • Unlocking genetic variation in carrot: the development of a carrot diversity set as a pre-breeding resource [slides] 
  • Creating a research and pre-breeding resource to unlock the potential of carrot genetic diversity  [poster]  (412 KB)