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Inbred Carrot Lines May Resist Root-Knot Pest

According to the USDA, Wisconsin farmers produced 73,610 tons of carrots in 2010. Unfortunately, carrot is highly susceptible to attack by the root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood), a pest t...
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Irwin Goldman | P120304US01

Technology

WISYNTH CARROT POPULATION

A UW-Madison researcher has developed a new carrot population, called WISYNTH, that was made by bringing together several carrot inbred lines, intermating them, and selecting for processing carrot typ...
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Irwin Goldman | P220232US01

Article

Badger Flame

UW-Madison’s “Vicar of Vegetables” on harvest, hubris and a beet born to be raw It has starred in Forbes and stormed Austin, Texas. It even charmed a wary podcaster. It…

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