This book provides an up-to-date review and analysis of the carrot's nuclear and organellar genome structure and evolution. In addition, it highlights applications of carrot genomic information to elucidate the carrot's natural and agricultural history, reproductive biology, and the genetic basis of traits important in agriculture and human health. The carrot genome was sequenced in 2016, and its relatively small diploid genome, combined with the fact that it is the most complete root crop genome released to date and the first-ever Euasterid II genome to be sequenced, mean the carrot has an important role in the study of plant development and evolution. In addition, the carrot is among the top ten vegetables grown worldwide, and the abundant orange provitamin A carotenoids that account for its familiar orange color make it the richest crop source of vitamin A in the US diet, and in much of the world. This book includes the latest genetic maps, genetic tools and resources, and covers advances in genetic engineering that are relevant for plant breeders and biologists alike.

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Philipp Simon, Vegetable Crops Research Unit, US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Madison, WI, USA and Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
**Massimo Iorizzo, Plants for Human Health Institute, Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Kannapolis, NC, USA
**Dariusz Grzebelus, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
Rafal Baranski, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland

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PrefaceList of ContributorsList of Abbreviations

1. Introduction: Economic ImportanceP. Simon
2. Botanical Descritions: Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Origin, DistributionD. Spooner, Vegetable Crops Research Unit, US Department of AgricultureAgricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin, USA and Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

3. Carrot DomesticationS. Ellison, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

4. Carrot Floral Development and Reproductive BiologyC. Galmarini, EEA La Consulta CC8, INTA and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Mendoza, ArgentinaT. Nothnagel, Julius Kühn-Institut, Institute of Horticultural Crops, Quedlinburg, Germany

5. Gene FlowJ. Mandel, Department of Biological Sciences and W. Harry Feinstone Center for Genomic Research, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

6. Genetic Resources for Carrot ImprovementCh. Allender, Warwick Crop Centre, University of Warwick, Wellesbourne, Warwick, UK

7. Classical and Molecular GeneticsM. Iorizzo, P. Cavagnaro, CONICET and INTA EEA La Consulta, CC8 La Consulta (5567), Mendoza, Argentina

8. Carrot Molecular CytogeneticsE. Grzebelus, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, PolandM. Iovene, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council, Bari, Italy
9. Traditional and Molecular BreedingP. Simon
10. Genetic Engineering of CarrotR. Baranski

11. Carrot Bioinformatic Tools and Library ResourcesA. Van Deynze, Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California, Davis, California, USA
    M. Iorizzo

12. Carrot Nuclear Genome: Assembly and OrganizationM. Iorizzo

13. Carrot Organelle Genomes: Organization, Diversity, and InheritanceD. Spooner, Vegetable Crops Research Unit, US Department of AgricultureAgricultural Research Service, Madison, Wisconsin, USA and Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

14. Carrot Genome EvolutionS. Cheng, Beijing Genomics Institute-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
15. Carrot Carotenoid Genetics and GenomicsP. Simon
16. Carrot Anthocyanin Genetics and GenomicsP. Cavagnaro, CONICET and INTA EEA La Consulta, CC8 La Consulta (5567), Mendoza, Argentina
    M. Iorizzo

17. Carrot Terpenoid Genetics and GenomicsM. Ibdah, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Agriculture Research Organization, Ramat Yishay, IsraelD. Tholl, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

18. Genetics and Genomics of Other Metabolites Including Sugars and PolyacetylenesP. Cavagnaro, CONICET and INTA EEA La Consulta, CC8 La Consulta (5567), Mendoza, Argentina

19. Genetics and Genomics of Carrot Biotic StressM. Briard, Genetic and Horticulture Research Unit, INH, Angers, FranceORL. du Toit, Northwestern Washington Research & Extension Center (NWREC), Washington State University, Mount Vernon, WA, USA
20. Genetics and Genomics of Carrot Abiotic StressD. Grzebelus</div&...