Sugar Beet
Sugar Beet
Scientific Name: Beta vulgaris
Bangla/local name: Not known
Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981)
Kingdom | Plantae |
Division | Magnoliophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Subclass | Caryophyllidae |
Order | Caryophyllales |
Family | Chenopodiaceae |
Genus | Beta |
Species | B. vulgaris |
Botanical Description of Sugar Beet
Habit:Biennial herb
Root:The taproot is diarch, swollen together with the hypocotyls, forming a tuber.
Leaf: The leaves are glabrous, ovate to cordate, light to dark green or reddish with prominent mid-ribs and strong petiols,
Flower: Flowers can occur in clusters and cohere so that a hard particle is produced.
Inflorescence:The plant has a single flower eat each node of the inflorescence.
Flower: Sessile, bisexual.
Perianth: Tepal 5
Androecium: Stamen 5, perigynous
Gynoecium: Ovary monocarpellary
Fruit: nut
Table 1. Sugar beet variety released by BSRI, Ishurdi, Pabna, Bangladesh
S.L. No. | Name of Variety | Released by | Year of Release | Growing Season | Yield (t/ha) | View for Detail |
1 | BSRI Sugarbeet-1
| BSRI | 2017 | Rabi | 75 | |
2 | BSRI Sugarbeet-2
| BSRI | 2017 | Rabi | 100 |