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Climate Proofing the Carrot: Where Flavor Meets Stress Tolerance

Carrots are tasty, versatile, and – while your tomatoes and cauliflowers go all squishy – easy to store for a long time. Most importantly, carrots are packed with micronutrients, especially the precursor of vitamin A.

But carrots...

30 Aug 2022

4 Apr 2020

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A Carrot Revolution Takes Root in Bangladesh

“Everybody in Bangladesh loves carrots: all social classes, all ages, all religions, all casts,” says M.A. Rahim, a professor at the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU). Rahim was the first plant breeder in the country to...

1 Sep 2020

1 Sep 2020

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Wild Carrot and Stick

Under the Crop Wild Relatives Project, researchers from Bangladesh, Pakistan and the US have teamed up to develop carrots adapted to a hotter, drier and overall changing climate. As our cultivated carrots are highly sensitive to...

13 Jun 2017

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