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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 549

Q549

Beta vulgaris (Beet root) belongs to family

A.
Convolvulaceae
B.
Chenopodiaceae
Answer
C.
Cruciferae
D.
Compositeae

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Beta vulgaris (Beetroot) belongs to the family Chenopodiaceae.
The Chenopodioideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, which is largely based on molecular phylogeny.
Beta vulgaris (beet) is a species of flowering plant in the subfamily Betoideae of the family Amaranthaceae or Chenopodiaceae.
Beta vulgaris is an herbaceous biennial or rarely, perennial plant up to 120 cm (rarely 200 cm) in height; cultivated forms are mostly biennial. The roots of cultivated forms are dark red, white or yellow and moderately to strongly swollen and fleshy.