![Sugar beets Beet sugar, a cultivated plant of Beta vulgaris, is a plant whose tuber contains a high concentration of sucrose. It is grown commercially for sugar production. Sugar beets and other B. vulgaris cultivars such as beetroot and chard share a common wild ancestor, the sea beet (Beta vulgaris maritima).[1]<br />
In 2009, France, the United States, Germany, Russia and Turkey were the world's five largest sugar beet producers.[2] Despite the sugar beet harvest, in 2010-2011, North America, Western Europe and Eastern Europe did not produce enough sugar from sugar beet; these regions were all net importers of sugar.[3] The U.S. harvested 1,004,600 acres (4 065 km Beetroot,Beta vulgaris,Plant,flora,floral,food,natural,nature,plant,sugar beets](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/448/7783_medium.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1770854410&Signature=LS6UGAQtPQA9brH8qbqEfumNq5E%3D)
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Sugar beets
Beet sugar, a cultivated plant of Beta vulgaris, is a plant whose tuber contains a high concentration of sucrose. It is grown commercially for sugar production. Sugar beets and other B. vulgaris cultivars such as beetroot and chard share a common wild ancestor, the sea beet (Beta vulgaris maritima).[1]
In 2009, France, the United States, Germany, Russia and Turkey were the world's five largest sugar beet producers.[2] Despite the sugar beet harvest, in 2010-2011, North America, Western Europe and Eastern Europe did not produce enough sugar from sugar beet; these regions were all net importers of sugar.[3] The U.S. harvested 1,004,600 acres (4 065 km
"Beta vulgaris" is a species of flowering plant in the subfamily Betoideae of the family Amaranthaceae. Economically, it is the most important crop of the large order Caryophyllales.
