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plant, Beta vulgaris cultivar
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Rows of harvested sugar beets (Beta vulgaris). Both sugar beets and sugarcane...
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root knot
Knots on a root of sugar beet caused by root knot nematodes.
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sugar beet
Sugar beets (Beta vulgaris).
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sugarcane; sugar beet
Structures of the sugarcane (left) and sugar beet (right).
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