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Is sugar beet a root

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It is a Tuber

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Is beet root reducing sugar or non reducing sugar?

reducing sugar


What part of the sugar beet you use?

the root, its like a carrot


What is another beet like vegetable?

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What plants produce sucrose?

beet root, sugar cane and sweet potato produce sugar.


Can you tell me what is difference red beet and beetroot?

They are the same, in most cases. Red beet is the common name for beet root sold as food. Beet root is more generic, and can refer to other members of the beetroot family, such as sugar beets.


How do harvesters harvest sugar beets?

Sugar-beet harvesters lift the whole root from the ground, clean it, and deliver it to a bin.


What type of roots is sugar cane?

I think you refer to 'sugar beet' it is not any type of cane. It is a root crop with a tap root similar to beetroot. It is grown in cooler climates for sugar production.


What has the author F P Polupanov written?

F. P. Polupanov has written: 'Mechanization of the cultivation and harvesting of sugar beet' -- subject(s): Harvesting, Beet sugar, Beets, Sugar beet industry, Sugar beet, Beet sugar industry


What kind of root does a beet have?

A beet is technically a root. So the root of the plant is the beet, and whatever that grows out of it is the actual 'plant' portion.


Is beet root tap root?

Tap root


What is a homophone for the word beat?

beet-as in sugar beet


Where do sugar beets come from?

The tap root was not known until the 2nd or 3rd Century AD. It was grown from 2000 BC for its leaves and then by the Greeks and Romans as 'Chard' or as Spinach. It was later used (in Italy) as a vegetable, roasted whole. In England it was used as cattle fodder during the 18th Century. During the Napoleonic Wars France was deprived of sugar by the English Fleet and Napoleon encouraged research into Sugar Beet. By the 1850's sugar from beet had become well established over Europe