Beetroot
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Beetroot or beet is the taproot portion of a Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris plant in the Conditiva Group. The plant is a root vegetable also known as the table beet, garden beet, or dinner beet, or els
A bundle of beetroot
Section through taproot
Yellow beetroot
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Sugar beet
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A sugar beet is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose and is grown commercially for sugar production. In plant breeding, it is known as the Altissima cultivar group of the common
Beetroot
…vulgaris grown for their edible taproots or leaves, classified as belonging to the Conditiva Group. Other cultivars of the same subspecies include the sugar beet, the leaf vegetable known as spinach beet (Swiss chard), and the fodder crop mangelwurzel. Beta is the ancient Latin name for beetroot, possibly of…
Sugar beet, illustration of root, leaf, and flowering patterns
A geneticist evaluates sugar beet plants
French sugar beet mill in operation in the 1840s
A sugar beet farm in Switzerland