Beta vulgaris, the beet, is cultivated for its colorful, fleshy roots and nutritious leaves rich in fiber, vitamins, and antioxidants. Its genome is diploid and encodes genes important for sugar production, making it a vital crop in temperate regions worldwide.

J. C., Minoche, A. E., Holtgräwe, D., Capella-Gutiérrez, S., Zakrzewski, F., Tafer, H., Rupp, O., Rosleff Sörensen, T., Stracke, R., Reinhardt, R., Goesmann, A., Kraft, T., Schulz, B., Stadler, P. F., Schmidt, T., Gabaldón, T., Lehrach, H., Weisshaar, B., & Himmelbauer, H. (2014). The genome of the recently domesticated crop plant sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). Nature, 505(7484), 546–549. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12817

Author: Marta Garcia Rodriguez