Carrot latent virus: A new rhabdovirus of carrot.

Carrot yellow leaf virus Is Associated with Carrot Internal Necrosis

Internal necrosis of carrot has been observed in UK carrots for at least 10 years, and has been anecdotally linked to virus infection. In the 2009 growing season some growers had up to 10% of yield with these symptoms. Traditional diagnostic methods are targeted towards specific pathogens. By using a metagenomic approach with high throughput sequencing technology, other, as yet unidentified cau...

Sweetening the Carrot

It is widely observed that many physicians working in public health facilities do not put in the required effort and/or time in their jobs. At the same time, many public physicians remain highly motivated, working long hours for little financial reward in providing quality health services. This mix of providertypes poses fundamental challenges in the design of compensation mechanisms and monito...

Electrohydrodynamic Drying of Carrot Slices

Carrots have one of the highest levels of carotene, and they are rich in vitamins, fiber and minerals. However, since fresh carrots wilt rapidly after harvest under inappropriate storage conditions, drying has been used to improve their shelf life and retain nutritional quality. Therefore, to further investigate the potential of this method, carrot slices were dried in an EHD system in order to...

Carrot Suspension Culture Cells

The carrot and the carrot: second-order rewarding in a CPR game

In this paper, the effects of rewarding on social dilemma outcomes are investigated by means of an economic experiment. The social dilemma that is considered, is the so called Common Pool Resource (CPR) game, in which individuals make investment decisions which have negative externalities. After each investment decision, subjects have two rounds in which they can reward each other. We find that...