Beta macrocarpa

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae}}

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|image=Galium verrucosum Beta macrocarpa Sebkhat Kelbia.jpg

|image_caption=In Sebkha Kelbia

|genus=Beta

|species=macrocarpa

|authority=Guss.

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|synonyms=Beta bourgaei {{small|Coss.}}

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Beta macrocarpa, the large-fruited beet, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to the Canary Islands and the shores of the Mediterranean.{{cite POWO |id=164476-1 |title=Beta macrocarpa Guss. |access-date=11 April 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://identify.plantnet.org/the-plant-list/species/Beta%20macrocarpa%20Guss./data |title=Beta macrocarpa Guss. |author= |date=2022 |website=plantnet.org |publisher=Pl@ntNet |access-date=11 April 2022 }} It is widely used to study beet necrotic yellow vein virus in an effort to improve the sugar beet.{{cite journal |title=Transcriptome Analysis of Beta macrocarpa and Identification of Differentially Expressed Transcripts in Response to Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein Virus Infection |year=2015 |last1=Fan |first1=Huiyan |last2=Zhang |first2=Yongliang |last3=Sun |first3=Haiwen |last4=Liu |first4=Junying |last5=Wang |first5=Ying |last6=Wang |first6=Xianbing |last7=Li |first7=Dawei |last8=Yu |first8=Jialin |last9=Han |first9=Chenggui |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=10 |issue=7 |pages=e0132277 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0132277 |doi-access=free |pmid=26196682 |pmc=4719419 |bibcode=2015PLoSO..1032277F }}