Beta macrocarpa
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Beta macrocarpa | |
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In Sebkha Kelbia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Beta |
Species: | B. macrocarpa |
Binomial name | |
Beta macrocarpa | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Beta bourgaei Coss. |
Beta macrocarpa, the large-fruited beet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to the Canary Islands and the shores of the Mediterranean.[1][2] It is widely used to study beet necrotic yellow vein virus in an effort to improve the sugar beet.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Beta macrocarpa Guss". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Beta macrocarpa Guss". plantnet.org. Pl@ntNet. 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ Fan, Huiyan; Zhang, Yongliang; Sun, Haiwen; Liu, Junying; Wang, Ying; Wang, Xianbing; Li, Dawei; Yu, Jialin; Han, Chenggui (2015). "Transcriptome Analysis of Beta macrocarpa and Identification of Differentially Expressed Transcripts in Response to Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein Virus Infection". PLOS ONE. 10 (7): e0132277. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1032277F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132277. PMC 4719419. PMID 26196682.