The sugar beet is a root crop bred for a high concentration of sucrose, grown commercially for sugar extraction in temperate climates unsuited to sugarcane. Unlike most crops in this atlas, it is not an ancient domestication but a deliberate 18th-century breeding programme: the modern sugar beet emerged in Silesia under the sponsorship of the Prussian king Frederick the Great, with the white Silesian variety, developed from 1786, becoming the progenitor of every contemporary sugar beet cultivar. Beyond sugar, its pulp and molasses byproducts are used as animal feed, and it is also grown for ethanol production.
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Scientific NameBeta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris (Altissima cultivar group) 2 Domestication RegionSilesia (a deliberate 18th-century breeding programme, not an ancient domestication) 2 Domesticated When (Circa)From 1786 (white Silesian variety, the progenitor of contemporary cultivars) 2 Era
Era (category) Era (category)Contemporary (post-1950) 2 Sugar Beet
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1. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database: USDA PLANTS profile data for Beta vulgaris
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Beyond sugar, its pulp and molasses byproducts are used as animal feed, and it is also grown for ethanol production.
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Crown Gall (Wikipedia)
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Economically, A. tumefaciens is a serious pathogen of walnuts, grape vines, stone fruits, nut trees, sugar beets, horseradish, and rhubarb, and the persistent nature of the tumors or galls caused by the disease make it particularly harmful for perennial crops.
Heterodera schachtii (Wikipedia)
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It infects more than 200 different plants including economically important crops such as sugar beets, cabbage, broccoli, and radish.
Erysiphe betae (Wikipedia)
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It is a species of powdery mildew found on genera including Beta, Dysphania and Spinacia that can affect crops of sugar beet, potentially causing up to a 30% yield loss.
Arabis mosaic virus (Wikipedia)
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Arabis mosaic virus infects multiple hosts, including strawberries, hops, hemp, grape, geraniums, raspberries, sugar beets, celery, horseradish, lilac, peach, and lettuces.
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