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The beetroot (British English) or beet (North American English) is the taproot portion of a Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris plant in the Conditiva Group. [1] The plant is a root vegetable also known as the table beet , garden beet , dinner beet , or else categorized by color: red beet or golden beet .
Beetroot remains have been excavated in the Third dynasty Saqqara pyramid at Thebes, Egypt, and four charred beetroots were found in the Neolithic site of Aartswoud in the Netherlands though it has not been determined whether these were domesticated or wild forms of B. vulgaris. Zohary and Hopf note that beetroot is "linguistically well ...
They evolved into two well-differentiated clades on each side of the Mediterranean: the western wild beets Beta vulgaris, Beta macrocarpa, and Beta patula, occurring in coastal and ruderal habitats; and the easternmost wild beets Beta corolliflora, Beta nana and Beta trigyna, occurring in continental mountainous zones.
George Henderson, a 20th-century English farmer and author on agriculture, described mangel beets as one of the best fodders for dairying, as milk production is maximized. [ 7 ] The mangelwurzel has a history in England of being used for sport ("mangold hurling"), [ 8 ] for celebration, for animal fodder , and for the brewing of a potent ...
Turnips, a taproot. Taproot (some types may incorporate substantial hypocotyl tissue) . Arracacia xanthorrhiza (arracacha); Beta vulgaris (beet and mangelwurzel); Brassica spp. (kohlrabi, rutabaga and turnip)
Sugar beet crops exhaust the soil rapidly. Crop rotation is recommended and necessary. Normally, beets are grown in the same ground every third year, peas, beans or grain being raised the other two years. [10] In most temperate climates, beets are planted in the spring and harvested in the autumn. At the northern end of its range, growing ...
The species of Betoideae are annuals, biennial or perennial herbs, vines or subshrubs. The flowers have 5 tepals (Aphanisma only 3) and 5 stamens (Aphanisma only one). The fruits of Betoideae are capsules that open with a circumscissile lid.
Root vegetables are underground plant parts used as vegetables.They are called root vegetables for lack of a better generic term, but include both true roots such as tuberous roots and taproots, as well as non-roots such as tubers, rhizomes, corms, bulbs, and hypocotyls