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Genetic Variation Within The Purple Carrot Population Grown In Ereğli District In Turkey, Ahmet İpek, Önder Türkmen, Sali̇ Fi̇dan, Meryem İpek, Harun Karci

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Although the majority of carrots grown in Turkey and around the world are orange, the production of anthocyanin-containing purple carrots has recently increased in Turkey due to the extraction of anthocyanin from these carrots for use as a natural food colorant. Purple carrot production for this purpose is concentrated in Ereğli District in Konya Province, and open-pollinated local purple carrot cultivars or landraces have been used for this production. Genetic variation within the local purple carrot populations in this region is of interest to plant breeders worldwide for the development of new purple carrot cultivars. Therefore, in this study, genetic …