Sugar beet, a cultivated variety of " Beta vulgaris ", is grown as a root crop in cooler climates and became a major source of sugar in the 19th century when methods for extracting the sugar became available.
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The pronunciation of the compound reflects its origin and first isolation from sugar " beets " ( " Beta vulgaris " subsp . " vulgaris " ), and does not derive from the Greek letter beta ( ? ).
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Carl Linnaeus first described " Beta vulgaris " in 1753; in the second edition of " Species Plantarum " in 1762, he divided the species into wild and cultivated varieties, giving the name " Beta maritima " to the wild taxon.
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On the north-west side of the island there is an area of maritime grassland with abundant thrift ( " Armeria maritima " ), sea beet ( " Beta vulgaris subsp . maritima " ) and tree mallow ( " Lavatera arborea " ).
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Of the seven phytotoxins isolated in fungal leaf spots from sugar beet ( " Beta vulgaris " ), betaenone B showed the least amount of phytotoxicity showing only 8 % inhibition of growth while betaenone A and C showed 73 % and 89 % growth inhibition, respectively.
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They feed on a wide variety of low-growing plants and have been recorded on over 200 different species including crops such as the garden pea ( " Pisum sativum " ), sugar beet ( " Beta vulgaris " ) and cabbage ( " Brassica oleracea " ).
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From the Moesian language or dialect, only a few items are recorded; their ethnonym ( Moesoi, Moesi ), some toponyms and anthroponyms, and a phytonym : " Mendruta ", the Moesian name for the False helleborine ( L . " Veratrum nigrum " ) or the Beet ( L . " Beta vulgaris " ).
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Beets, which are native to a wide swath of Eurasia, from Britain to India, have probably always had an image problem . ( Their botanical name, beta vulgaris, doesn't help . ) Harold McGee, the food scientist and author, said beet greens were probably eaten before the roots ever were, although beets have been eaten since prehistoric times.
