Sugar beet plant
The roots of sugar beet are used to produce sugar.
Names
Scientific
Beta vulgaris vulgaris convar. vulgaris var. altissima
English
Sugar beet
Dutch
Beetwortel
Suikerbiet
Spanish
Remolacha azucarera
French
Betterave à sucre
Betterave sucrière
German
Zuckerrübe
Italian
Barbabietola da zucchero
Taxonomy
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Beta
Species
Beta vulgaris vulgaris convar. vulgaris var. altissima (Sugar beet)
Crop categories
Alcohol production
Cool temperate crops
Energy crops
Forage and fodder crops
Major crops
Mediterranean crops
Root vegetables
Sugar crops
Temperate crops
Vegetables
Pictures
Sugar beets
Sugar beets harvested
Sugar beets young plants