Beta corolliflora is a species of wild beet in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Turkey, the Transcaucasus, and Iran.[1] It is being studied for its resistance to beet curly top virus in an effort to improve the sugar beet.[2]

Beta corolliflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Beta
Species:
B. corolliflora
Binomial name
Beta corolliflora
Zosimovic ex Buttler

References edit

  1. ^ "Beta corolliflora Zosimovic ex Buttler". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ^ Gao, D.; Schmidt, T.; Jung, C. (2000). "Molecular characterization and chromosomal distribution of species-specific repetitive DNA sequences from Beta corolliflora, a wild relative of sugar beet". Genome. 43 (6): 1073–1080. doi:10.1139/g00-084. PMID 11195340.