Horticulture/Daucus

Carrots Daucus Apiaceae Perennials Insects Daucus is the genus of plants that includes carrots, wild carrots, and several related plants, including from 22 to 25 species. Description Flowers in large umbels. Species ../Daucus carota/ (Carrot, Queen Anne's Lace) Uses Some species are grown for the edible roots, but otherwise grown for their flowers. Harvesting Roots of edible species are harvested the first year, before flower stalks are created. Pests and diseases ../Root Rot/ Phymatotrichum omnivorum ../Blight/ Sclerotium rolfsii ../Boron Deficiency/ ../Calcium Deficiency/ ../Aphids/ Carrot-Willow Aphid: ../Cavariella aegopodii/ Coriander Aphid: ../Hyadaphis coriandri/ Green Peach Aphid: ../Myzus persicae/ Melon Aphid: ../Aphis gossypii/ Honeysuckle Aphid: ../Hyadaphis foeniculi/ Leaf Curling Plum Aphid: ../Brachycaudus helichrysi/ ../Hoppers/ Aster Leafhopper: ../Macrosteles facifrons/ ../Bugs/ Garden Fleahopper: ../Halticus bractatus/ Tarnished Plant Bug: ../Lygus lineolaris/ Western Tarnished Plant Bug: ../Lygus hesperus/ Pale Legume Bug: ../Lygus elisus/ ../Flies/ American Serpentine Leafminer: ../Liriomyza trifolii/ Carrot Rust Fly: ../Psila rosae/ ../Beetles/ Palestriped Flea Beetle: ../Systena blanda/ ../Weevils/ Carrot Weevil: ../Listronotus oregonensis/ Vegetable Weevil: ../Listroderes difficilis/ ../Caterpillars/ Alfalfa Webworm: ../Loxostege cerealis/ Beet Webworm: ../Loxostege stricticalis/ Parsleyworm: ../Papilio polyxenes/ Anise Swallowtail: ../Papilio zelicanon/ Celery Leaftier: ../Udea rubigalis/ Beet Armyworm: ../Spodoptera exigua/ References Britton Nathaniel Lord Nathaniel Lord Britton Addison Brown An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Volume 2 second edition 1913 Dover Publications, inc. 625 P. D. Strausbaugh and Earl L. Core Flora of West Virginia Second 1977 Seneca Books, Grantsville, W. Virginia 682 Staff of the L. H. Bailey Hortorium Hortus Third: A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada 1976 Cornell University Press 365 Pirone Pascal P. Diseases & Pests of Ornamental Plants Fifth Edition 1978 John Wiley & Sons, New York Cranshaw Whitney Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs 2004 Princeton University Press 592 Pippa Greenwood, Andrew Halstead, A.R. Chase, Daniel Gilrein American Horticultural Society Pests & Diseases: The Complete Guide to Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Plant Problems First Edition 2000 Dorling Kindersley (DK) Publishing, inc. 202