5171

This population was derived from an initial cross between the orange-rooted carrot line ‘Flavor Select’ and a purple-rooted carrot derived from the cross (2566B × Turkish) × 9304. The ultimate purple root source in this cross referred to as ‘Turkish’ is a sibling of P9547 which, like P9547, had purple phloem, xylem, and petioles. A single F₁ plant was self-pollinated to produce the F₂ population ‘3242,’ which segregated for purple color in the root phloem and xylem and in leaf petioles. From this F₂, a derivative F₄ population called ‘5171’ was produced.