Sugar beet

Biology of Beta vulgaris L. (Sugar Beet)

The present document is a companion document to Dir94-08: Assessment Criteria for Determining Environmental Safety of Plants with Novel Traits. It is intended to provide background information on the biology of Beta vulgaris L., its centres of origin, its related species, the potential for gene introgression from B. vulgaris into relatives, and details of the life forms with which it interacts. Attachments:  Biology_of_SugarBeet_Ca

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Consensus Document on the Biology of Beta Vulgaris L. (Sugar Beet)

Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris var. altissima) belongs to the family Chenopodiaceae and the genus B. vulgaris comprises several cultivated forms of B. vulgaris subsp. vulgaris. Cultivars include leaf beet (var. cicla) and beetroot (root beet USA). Attachments:  Biology_of_Sugar_Beet

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