2n = 18 (see Fig. S138). One of the greatest success stories of plant breeding. In the middle of the eighteenth century, the average sugar content of the plant was about 2%. This increased by the twentieth century to about 20%, and the sugar yield per hectare increased to about 4 metric tons. Some of the modern varieties have numerous agronomically important features (disease resistance, monogermy), and this is a rare plant where triploid varieties (besides bananas) are grown commercially. banana, monogerm seed
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(2008). Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris). In: Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Informatics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6754-9_16335
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