• Native to the Mediterranean region, Beetroot ( Beta vulgaris ), also known as beetroot, table beet, garden beet, sugar beet and golden beet, is the taproot of a beet plant. (nexira.com)
  • The simple leaf blade is oblanceolate to heart-shaped, dark green to dark red, slightly fleshy, usually with a prominent midrib, with entire or undulate margin, 5-20 cm long on wild plants (often much larger in cultivated plants). (wikipedia.org)
  • Within the NIP subfamily, the presence of a NIP2 in both genomes supports a conserved ability to absorb Si within plants of the genus. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The wild ancestor of the cultivated beets is the sea beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the second edition of "Species Plantarum" (1762), Linnaeus separated the sea beet as its own species, Beta maritima, and left only the cultivated beets in Beta vulgaris. (wikipedia.org)
  • maritima, Sea beet, the wild ancestor of all cultivated beets. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, it is nutritionally different: sugar beets are white and manufacturers tend to use them for extracting sugar and sweetening processed foods. (nexira.com)
  • Beta vulgaris (beet) is a species of flowering plant in the subfamily Betoideae of the family Amaranthaceae. (wikipedia.org)
  • The species description of Beta vulgaris was made in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum, at the same time creating the genus Beta. (wikipedia.org)
  • Variation in the number of AQP subfamilies specific to different plant species has been reported. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Phylogenetic analysis showed similar numbers of AQPs clustered in five distinct subfamilies including the plasma membrane intrinsic proteins (PIPs), the tonoplast intrinsic proteins (TIPs), the nodulin 26-like intrinsic proteins (NIPs), the small basic intrinsic proteins (SIPs), and the uncharacterized intrinsic proteins (XIPs). (biomedcentral.com)
  • The aggregation of both amyloid beta (Abeta) peptides extracellularly and Tau proteins intracellularly plays key roles in the pathological consequences of AD, which lead to cholinergic neurodegeneration and eventually death. (inra.fr)
  • On the opposite, it is not possible to extract sugar from beetroot, which is mostly red or gold. (nexira.com)
  • We found that sucrose preferentially induced OsWRKY7, whereas other sugars (such as mannitol, glucose, fructose, galactose, and maltose) did not have the same effect. (bvsalud.org)
  • Beta vulgaris (beet) is a species of flowering plant in the subfamily Betoideae of the family Amaranthaceae. (wikipedia.org)
  • The wild ancestor of the cultivated beets is the sea beet (Beta vulgaris subsp. (wikipedia.org)
  • Linnaeus regarded sea beet, chard and red beet as varieties (at that time, sugar beet and mangelwurzel had not been selected yet). (wikipedia.org)
  • In the second edition of "Species Plantarum" (1762), Linnaeus separated the sea beet as its own species, Beta maritima, and left only the cultivated beets in Beta vulgaris. (wikipedia.org)
  • maritima, Sea beet, the wild ancestor of all cultivated beets. (wikipedia.org)
  • After the abolition of the slave trade in the 19th century contract workers provided the new labour force, but by then beet sugar produced from the root crop Beta vulgaris, which can be grown in temperate climates, provided European consumers with an alternative to cane sugar. (ivu.org)
  • Today, more sugar is refined in the UK from sugar beet than from imported sugar cane. (ivu.org)
  • The species description of Beta vulgaris was made in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus in Species Plantarum, at the same time creating the genus Beta. (wikipedia.org)
  • Originating in India around 2,500 years ago, sugar production gradually spread to China, the Middle East and the eastern Mediterranean. (ivu.org)
  • The simple leaf blade is oblanceolate to heart-shaped, dark green to dark red, slightly fleshy, usually with a prominent midrib, with entire or undulate margin, 5-20 cm long on wild plants (often much larger in cultivated plants). (wikipedia.org)
  • Sugar production has a long and chequered history. (ivu.org)