Carrots

Fresh, safe, quality-assured Western Australian carrots are delivered fresh to local, interstate and international markets from year-round production.

Growers in Western Australia produce more than 90% of Australia’s export carrots.

Total carrot production was estimated at 112 140 tonnes in 2011/12 (ABS) with nearly 60% of this volume shipped to international markets.

The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia has a strong and continuing partnership with the carrot industry to deliver the world’s best product quality from sustainable production systems to increasingly diverse domestic and international markets.

Articles

  • Cavity spot lesions on carrot

    Cavity spot disease of carrots

    7 October 2013

    Cavity spot disease reduces the quality of carrots so that they become unacceptable for local and export markets. Information about this disease and its control are provided.

  • Centre-pivot irrigation of carrots

    Irrigating carrots for profit and environmental management

    17 October 2013

    In Western Australia, carrots are grown on sandy soils of low water-holding capacity. When evaporation exceeds rainfall, irrigation is important to ensure high yields and quality.

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    Minimising postharvest losses of carrots

    30 June 2014

    Carrots are susceptible to a number of postharvest diseases and disorders, many of which can be controlled by good management in the field and in storage.

  • Carrot crop, Myalup, Western Australia

    Host range of carrot cavity spot fungus

    11 October 2013

    Cavity spot disease of carrots in Australia is mainly caused by the soil-borne fungus Pythium sulcatum.

  • Carrots grown in nematode infected soil with (left) and without Telone treatment

    Chemical control of nematodes in carrots

    18 October 2013

    Telone® (1,3 dichloropropene) and Telone C35® (1,3 dichloropropene+chloropicrin) have been effective in controlling nematodes in field trials in Western Australia and should b

  • Carrot harvest

    Carrots in Western Australia

    14 October 2013

    Fresh, safe, quality-assured Western Australian carrots are delivered fresh to local, interstate and international markets from year-round production.

  • Western Australian carrots

    Carrot exports from Western Australia

    14 October 2013

    Western Australian growers and exporters have earned an outstanding reputation for reliably supplying high quality carrots to international markets.

  • Leaf blight affected carrot crop

    Leaf blight of carrots

    10 October 2013

    Carrot leaf blight is a disease commonly found in carrot crops in Western Australia. It is usually caused by the fungus Alternaria dauci and occasionally by A. radicina.

  • Potato crop being watered by a centre pivot irrigation system.

    Pratylenchus penetrans: a horticulturally significant root lesion nematode

    22 September 2014

    Four species of root lesion nematodes are commonly found in Western Australia: Pratylenchus neglectus, P. quasitereoides, P. thornei and P. penetrans.

  • A number of carrots showing the symptoms of severe root damage caused by carrot virus Y

    Carrot virus Y

    5 May 2014

    Carrot virus Y has been found in carrot crops throughout Australia.

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