Carrot Improvement for Organic Agriculture (CIOA) is a long-term breeding project that addresses the critical needs of organic carrot farmers by developing orange and novel colored carrots with improved disease and nematode resistance, improved weed competitiveness, and improved nutritional value and flavor. This project will also compare the relative performance of breeding material in... Read more
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Resources
NOVIC carrot variety trial at Oakhill Organics
Organic Variety Trial Database

News

Digging for Carrots at the End of the Rainbow
Read about this year's annual carrot harvest in El Centro and learn about our rainbow carrot variety breeding work.
colorful carrots
Webinar: Breeding Carrots for Production, Resilience, Flavor and Fun in Organic Systems
Corralling carrots' microbial allies could stymie disease
New article featuring CIOA's soil microbial research.
Dr. Phil Simon Featured on A Way to Garden
CIOA's lead investigator Phil Simon sits down with Margaret Roach to talk all things carrots.
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Funding

 

This project was funded by the Organic Research and Extension Initiative grant, part of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Award # 2011-51300-30903; Award # 2016-51300-25721: CIOA 2- Carrot Improvement for Organic Agriculture With Added Grower and Consumer Valuel Award # 2021-51300-34900: Carrot Improvement for Organic Agriculture: Leveraging On-Farm and Below Ground Networks.