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History of the crop

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The Sugar Beet Crop

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In ancient times different varieties of the beet plant were already being cultivated on the shores of the Mediterranean as a garden vegetable. They were grown mainly for their leaves, and probably resembled what we would describe today as spinach beet or Swiss chard. In both the Greek and, later, the Roman civilisations they were highly valued supplements to the ordinary diet.

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Winner, C. (1993). History of the crop. In: Cooke, D.A., Scott, R.K. (eds) The Sugar Beet Crop. World Crop Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0373-9_1

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