Contains Figs. A-L and Tables A-C.

Fig. A. Photograph of plants of D. carota variety of five-inche Kuroda. Fig. B. Photograph of plants of D. carota variety of five-inche Kuroda. Fig. C. Nucleotide acid and deduced amino acid sequences of GAPDH from carrot. Fig. D. Nucleotide acid and deduced amino acid sequences of ACTIN from carrot. Fig. E. Nucleotide acid and deduced amino acid sequences of eIF-4α from carrot. Fig. F. Nucleotide acid and deduced amino acid sequences of PP2A from carrot. Fig. G. Nucleotide acid and deduced amino acid sequences of SAND from carrot. Fig. H. Nucleotide acid and deduced amino acid sequences of TIP41 from carrot. Fig. I. Nucleotide acid and deduced amino acid sequences of UBQ from carrot. Fig. J. Nucleotide acid and deduced amino acid sequences of EF-1α from carrot. Fig. K. Nucleotide acid and deduced amino acid sequences of TUB from carrot. Fig. L. Standard curves of each candidate genes. Table A. Primer sequences for clone of nine reference genes from carrot. Table B. Raw Cq values in carrot. Table C. Gene expression stability in carrot under individual stress conditions. (DOCX)