. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. 302 BOTANY OF CROP PLANTS Shape and Structure of Beet (Tap Root and Hypocotyl) —Beet Shape and Size, and Sugar Content.—There is great variation in the shape and size of sugar beets. Some im- portance has been attached to the correlation between sugar content and beet shape and size. This relation, however, is. Pig. 119.—Sugar beet plant in full fruit. of httle significance. Pritchard has recently shown that differences in the size and sugar content of individual beet roots are fluctuation's, and show no evidence of inh
. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. 302 BOTANY OF CROP PLANTS Shape and Structure of Beet (Tap Root and Hypocotyl) —Beet Shape and Size, and Sugar Content.—There is great variation in the shape and size of sugar beets. Some im- portance has been attached to the correlation between sugar content and beet shape and size. This relation, however, is. Pig. 119.—Sugar beet plant in full fruit. of httle significance. Pritchard has recently shown that differences in the size and sugar content of individual beet roots are fluctuation's, and show no evidence of inheritance. It is true that uniformity of type is desirable, but any attempt to judge of the sugar content of an individual beet by the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robbins, Wilfred William, 1884-1952. Philadelphia : P. Blakiston's Son
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