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Beta macrocarpa

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. It is widely used to study beet necrotic yellow vein virus in an effort to improve the sugar beet.

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Beta macrocarpa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Beta
Species:
B. macrocarpa
Binomial name
Beta macrocarpa
Synonyms1

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.12 It is widely used to study beet necrotic yellow vein virus in an effort to improve the sugar beet.3

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  1. "Beta macrocarpa Guss". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. "Beta macrocarpa Guss". plantnet.org. Pl@ntNet. 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  3. 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.