Daucus carota L.
(Carrot, Wild Carrot)

Interactions where Daucus carota is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is foodplant of Calosirus terminatus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Calosirus terminatus/Calosirus terminatusa weevil Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrot feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph UK/Ireland Erysiphe heraclei Umbellifer Powdery Mildew, Umbellifer Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe heraclei/Erysiphe heracleiumbellifer powdery mildew, umbellifer mildewconidial anamorph Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotlive conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium UK/Ireland Erysiphe heraclei Umbellifer Powdery Mildew, Umbellifer Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe heraclei/Erysiphe heracleiumbellifer powdery mildew, umbellifer mildewcleistothecium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotlive cleistothecium parasitises live
(rotten) rotten is decayed by effuse colony of Trichocladium dematiaceous anamorph Trichocladium asperum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Sordariales: Chaetomiaceae Trichocladium asperum, Kirk, P.M., 1994
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Chaetomiaceae/Trichocladium asperum/Trichocladium asperuma dematiaceous anamorphic funguseffusecolonyTrichocladium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotrotten effuse colony of Trichocladium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on rotten
flower flower is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Hypera pastinacae a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera pastinacae/Hypera pastinacaea weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotflower larva grazes on flower
leaf (petiole) (twisted) twisted leaf (petiole) may be infected and damaged by Carrot Mottle virus (CMoV) a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Carrot Mottle virus (CMoV)/Carrot Mottle virus (CMoV)a phytopathogenic virus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrottwistedleaf (petiole) infects and damages twisted leaf (petiole)
leaf (petiole) (twisted) twisted leaf (petiole) may be infected and damaged by Carrot Red Leaf virus (CtRLV) a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Carrot Red Leaf virus (CtRLV)/Carrot Red Leaf virus (CtRLV)a phytopathogenic virus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrottwistedleaf (petiole) infects and damages twisted leaf (petiole)
leaf base (live, swollen, split) live, swollen, split leaf base may be infected and damaged by Ditylenchus dipsaci Stem Eelworm, Stem and Bulb Eelworm Rhabditida: Anguinidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Nematoda/Secernentea/Rhabditida/Anguinidae/Ditylenchus dipsaci/Ditylenchus dipsacistem eelworm, stem and bulb eelworm Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotlive, swollen, splitleaf base infects and damages live, swollen, split leaf base
leaf leaf is grazed by UK/Ireland Hypera conmaculata a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera conmaculata/Hypera conmaculataa weevil Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotleaf grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by larva UK/Ireland Hypera pastinacae a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Hypera pastinacae/Hypera pastinacaea weevillarva Foodplant / open feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotleaf larva grazes on leaf
leaf leaf is mined by larva Minor Phytomyza chaerophylli a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Phytomyza chaerophylli/Phytomyza chaerophyllia leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotleafMinor larva mines leaf
leaf (curled) curled leaf has sap sucked by Restricted Trioza apicalis Carrot Psyllid Hemiptera: Triozidae Surveying for carrot psyllid, Collins, L., 2011
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Triozidae/Trioza apicalis/Trioza apicaliscarrot psyllid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotcurledleafSole sucks sap of curled leaf
leaf (live, reddening, finely yellow mottled, inverted) live, reddening, finely yellow mottled, inverted leaf may be infected and damaged by Carrot Mottle virus (CMoV) a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Carrot Mottle virus (CMoV)/Carrot Mottle virus (CMoV)a phytopathogenic virus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotlive, reddening, finely yellow mottled, invertedleaf infects and damages live, reddening, finely yellow mottled, inverted leaf
leaf (live, reddening, finely yellow mottled, inverted) live, reddening, finely yellow mottled, inverted leaf may be infected and damaged by Carrot Red Leaf virus (CtRLV) a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Carrot Red Leaf virus (CtRLV)/Carrot Red Leaf virus (CtRLV)a phytopathogenic virus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotlive, reddening, finely yellow mottled, invertedleaf infects and damages live, reddening, finely yellow mottled, inverted leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by UK/Ireland Xanthomonas hortorum pv. carotae Bacterial Blight Of Carrot - causative organism CSL Pest Risk Analysis for Xanthomonas hortorum, Anon., 2005
/Proteobacteria/Xanthomonas hortorum pv. carotae/Xanthomonas hortorum pv. carotaebacterial blight of carrot (causative organism) Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotliveleaf parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by larva Foreign Euleia heraclei Common Umbel Leaf-miner, Celery Fly, Celery Leaf Miner Diptera: Tephritidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), White, I.M., 1988
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tephritidae/Euleia heraclei/Euleia heracleicommon umbel leaf-miner, celery fly, celery leaf minerlarva Foodplant / minerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotliveleaf larva mines live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spun by caterpillar Major Cacoecimorpha pronubana Carnation Tortrix, Mediterranean Leaf Roller Lepidoptera: Tortricidae FERA Pest Risk Analysis for Cacoecimorpha pronubana, MacLeod, A., 2009
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tortricidae/Cacoecimorpha pronubana/Cacoecimorpha pronubanacarnation tortrix, mediterranean leaf rollercaterpillar Foodplant / spinner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotliveleafMajor caterpillar spins live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by Cavariella aegopodii Willow-carrot Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Cavariella (Cavariella) aegopodii/Cavariella (Cavariella) aegopodiiwillow-carrot aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotliveleaf (5-summer)sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by amphigenous colony of Mycocentrospora anamorph UK/IrelandCaptivity Mycocentrospora acerina Carrot Liquorice Rot, Celery Crown or Crown and Stalk Rot (causative organisms) Pleosporales Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Mycocentrospora acerina/Mycocentrospora acerinacarrot liquorice rot, celery crown or crown and stalk rot (causative organisms)amphigenouscolonyMycocentrospora anamorph Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotliveleaf Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedamphigenous colony of Mycocentrospora anamorph infects and damages live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Foreign Alternaria novae-zelandiae Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae Alternaria themes and variations (305-309): Lewia/Alternaria revisited, Simmons, E.G., 2002
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Pleosporaceae/Alternaria novae-zelandiae/Alternaria novae-zelandiaecolonyAlternaria dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotliveleaf colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages live leaf
plant (stunted) stunted plant may be infected and damaged by Carrot Mottle virus (CMoV) a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Carrot Mottle virus (CMoV)/Carrot Mottle virus (CMoV)a phytopathogenic virus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotstuntedplant infects and damages stunted plant
plant (stunted) stunted plant may be infected and damaged by Carrot Red Leaf virus (CtRLV) a phytopathogenic virus Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Carrot Red Leaf virus (CtRLV)/Carrot Red Leaf virus (CtRLV)a phytopathogenic virus Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotstuntedplant infects and damages stunted plant
root root may be infected and damaged by colony of Thielaviopsis dematiaceous anamorph Thielaviopsis basicola Black Root Rot Microascales: Ceratocystidaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Ceratocystidaceae/Thielaviopsis basicola/Thielaviopsis basicolablack root rotcolonyThielaviopsis dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotroot colony of Thielaviopsis dematiaceous anamorph infects and damages root
root root is parasitised by underground tuber Major Orobanche minor ssp maritima a common broomrape Lamiales: Orobanchaceae Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2), Stace, C., 1997
/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Orobanche minor subsp. maritima/Orobanche minor subsp. maritimaa common broomrapeundergroundtuber Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotrootMajor underground tuber parasitises root
root (decayed, dead) decayed, dead root is decayed by Itersonilia perplexans Chrysanthemum Petal Blight - causative organism Cystofilobasidiales: Cystofilobasidiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Cystofilobasidiales/Cystofilobasidiaceae/Itersonilia perplexans/Itersonilia perplexanschrysanthemum petal blight (causative organism) Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotdecayed, deadroot is saprobic on decayed, dead root
root (live) live root may contain larva Chamaepsila rosae Carrot Fly Diptera: Psilidae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Psilidae/Chamaepsila rosae/Chamaepsila rosaecarrot flylarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotliveroot larva feeds within live root
root (live) live root has sap sucked by Dysaphis crataegi Hawthorn Aphid, Hawthorn-carrot Aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Dysaphis (Dysaphis) crataegi/Dysaphis (Dysaphis) crataegihawthorn aphid, hawthorn-carrot aphid Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotliveroot (summer)sucks sap of live root
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by erumpent, often becoming superficial apothecium Heterosphaeria patella a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Heterosphaeria patella/Heterosphaeria patellaa discomyceteerumpent, often becoming superficialapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotdeadstem (4-9)erumpent, often becoming superficial apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by Heteropatella anamorph Heterosphaeria patella a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Heterosphaeria patella/Heterosphaeria patellaa discomyceteHeteropatella anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Apiaceae/Daucus carota/Daucus carotacarrot, wild carrotdeadstem (-9)Heteropatella anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Anon., 2005CSL Pest Risk Analysis for Xanthomonas hortorumPRAs for consultation on pest risk management PRAs for consultation on pest risk management.
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985Flora of the British Isles3 edition, 688pp, Cambridge University Press
Collins, L., 2011Surveying for carrot psyllid2-3.
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995Fungi of the South East England383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fjelddalen, J., 1964Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Kirk, P.M., 1994Trichocladium asperumI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1201.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
MacLeod, A., 2009FERA Pest Risk Analysis for Cacoecimorpha pronubanaPRAs for consultation on pest risk management PRAs for consultation on pest risk management.
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Simmons, E.G., 2002Alternaria themes and variations (305-309): Lewia/Alternaria revisitedMycotaxon Vol 83: 127-145.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stace, C., 1997New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)Second edition edition, 1130pp, Cambridge University Press
White, I.M., 1988Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 5a, 134pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Daucus carota (Carrot, Wild Carrot) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Subspecies 2 trophisms
Subspecies 3 trophisms
Subspecies 25 trophisms 3 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDaucus carota (Carrot, Wild Carrot)
GenusDaucus (a genus of flowering plants)
FamilyAPIACEAE (umbellifers)
OrderAPIALES (umbellifers, ivies and pennyworts)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Daucus carota (Carrot, Wild Carrot)

Daucus carota (Carrot, Wild Carrot) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Daucus carota (Carrot, Wild Carrot):

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