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Commodity Guide Page
The Commodity Guide Page provides general product-related information and may serve as a tool to help regulatory officials identify fruits and vegetables intercepted at U.S. ports of entry.
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| Approved Name: |
Sugar Beet |
| Scientific Name(s): |
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris |
| Common Name(s): |
Sicilian broad-rib beet, Swiss chard, acelga, acelga cardo, barbabietola, barbabietola da foraggio, barbabietola da zucchero, beet, beetroot, beta, betarraga azucarera, betarraga forrajera, beterraba, beterraba-açucareira, beterraba-forrageira, beterraba-sacarina, betterave, betterave fourragère, betterave jaune, betterave potagère, betterave rouge, betterave sucrière, bietola da coste, bietola da orto, blatt-mangold, field beet, fodder beet, foliage beet, futterrübe, garden beet, geundae, leaf beet, mangel, mangel wurzel, mangold, poirée bette, poirée à carde, poirée à couper, red beet, remolacha amarilla, remolacha azucarera, remolacha colorada, remolacha de mesa, remolacha forrajera, remolacha roja, root beet, rote bete, rote rübe, runkelrübe, römische bete, schnittmangold, shamandar, spinach beet, spinach chard, stielmangold, sugar beet, tian cai, yellow beet, zuckerrübe |
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| Season Information: |
No Seasonal Information available |
| GRIN url: |
https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=7057
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Two sugar beet roots. The one on the right is a traditional sugar beet. The one on the left, is a cultivated variety called SR96, which has been selected for its smoother root that collects less soil and needs less washing during processing. Photo courtesy of USDA, Peggy Greb, Image Number K11128-1 (https://www.ars.usda.gov/oc/images/photos/apr04/k11128-1/) |
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