While carrots come in many colors, orange carrots have been the most popular due to their sweetness and color. [Related: Carrots were once a crucial tool in anti-Nazi propaganda.] In the study, a team ...

Researchers have uncovered the three genes responsible for the orange color of carrots in a study of 600 carrot genomes. Carotenoids, the pigments that give carrots their color, are precursors of ...

Purple carrots? But do they taste any different? August is the month that heirloom varieties and modern hybrids cavort in the farmers’ markets around town. Heirlooms are persnickety, and take longer ...

We have the Arabs to thank for introducing carrots (Daucos carota) to Western Europe. Two distinct subspecies led to the domesticated carrot. The subspecies D. carota sativus, native to Turkey, was ...

Last week I shared my favorite way to put carrot tops to use — carrot top pesto, a riff on the classic version with the added punch of earthly root flavor. And this week: the carrot itself. Both of ...

While perusing the produce aisle of your grocery store, be on the lookout for rainbow baby carrots. We used them in today’s roasted vegetable recipe, and they really added a wonderful pop of color.

At 10 a.m. on a recent Tuesday, the lunchroom at Nunhems vegetable seed research station in Brooks smelled of carrot spice muffins and just-brewed coffee. Employees eyed a long table, covered with ...

COLLEGE STATION – In the late 1980s, Dr. Leonard Pike stood at a roadside vegetable market in Russia and watched a produce man chop, chop, chop much like a butcher slicing deli meat. When he was ...

Genome sequencing reveals how carrots have become good at accumulating carotenoids, the pigment compounds that give them their characteristic colors and nutritional richness. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC ...