Sugar beets young plants
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
Genus
Beta
Family
Chenopodiaceae
Order
Caryophyllales
Crop categories
Vegetables
Root vegetables
Sugar crops
Energy crops
Food crops
Temperate crops
Forage and fodder crops
Alcohol production
Pictures
Sugar beets young plants
Sugar beets harvested
Sugar beets
Sugar beet plant