Germplasm: AKER_10409
Identification
Germplasm name
AKER_10409
Accession number
PI 2016
Germplasm PUI
Accession synonyms
PI 2016, Queen of the Blacks
Taxon
Genus
Beta
Species
vulgaris
Subtaxa
subsp. vulgaris cv. Sugar beet
Comments
Foliage compact and well proportioned to the root. The root is conical in shape, both at the top and base, but longer and more tapering below. The color of the flesh is deep red, or almost black. The leaves themselves ])resent coloring no less intense they are relatively broad, and are never, at any time during their growth, plain green, which is extremely rare, even among varieties of beets that haye their foliage more highly colored in autumn. Sometimes used for bordering groups of dark-foliaged flowering plants. (Vilmorin.)
Origin site
Depositary
Code
USA126
Acronym
GRIN
Organization
USDA
Address
10300 Baltimore Blvd., Room 330, Bldg. 003, BARC-West, MD 20705 BELTSVILLE, United States of America
Website
Institution
Presence status
Not maintained
Collector
Collecting site
Collection
AKER collection (Base collection)
Collection AKER (Base collection)