John Shaw / Abandoned house in middle of a wheat field. Palouse farming area, south eastern Washington, USA, August.

Ernie Janes / Sugar beet crop in August wilting in summer drought, Norfolk, August 2013.

Ernie Janes / Field Poppies Pavaver rhoea and Sugar beet crop in Norfolk Field UK July

Nigel Cattlin / Rhizomania root disease on Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) leaves, caused by Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV). Greece.

Nigel Cattlin / Lesser armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) caterpillar feeding on a cotton flower, bud, Louisiana, USA, October

Nigel Cattlin / Common horsetail (Equisetum arvense) young plants in a sugar beet crop, France

Nigel Cattlin / Annual mercury (Mercurialis annua) flowering in a young sugar beet crop, France

Nigel Cattlin / Small nettle (Urtica urens) annual weeds in a young sugar beet crop on dark fen soil, Cambridgeshire

Nigel Cattlin / Sea beet (Beta vulgaris). Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Sea beet (Beta vulgaris) coming into flower on shingle of Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septum-punctata) larva predating Black bean aphids (Aphis fabae) on Runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus). Bean with buds. Berkshire, England, UK. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Black bean aphid (Aphis fabae) infestation on Runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus), stem twining up bamboo cane. Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Black bean aphid (Aphis fabae) infestation on flowering Broad bean (Vicia faba). Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Black bean aphid (Aphis fabae) infestation on Broad bean (Vicia faba) plant. Berkshire, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Flat backed millepede (Polydesmus angustus) damage to young Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). Damaged tap root in comparison to normal undamaged tap root. England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) seedling with root damage caused by Garden symphylan (Scutigerella immaculata), a soil pest. England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua), group of caterpillars feeding on Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum sp) flower. Pests of ornamental plants and many crops. Native to SE Asia.

Nigel Cattlin / Beet armyworm / Small mottled willow (Spodoptera exigua) moth on Cotton (Gossypium sp) flower bracts.

Nigel Cattlin / Beet armyworm / Small mottled willow (Spodoptera exigua) moth on Cotton (Gossypium sp) flower bud.

Nigel Cattlin / Beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) caterpillar on Cotton (Gossypium sp) flower, pest on many crops.

Ernie Janes / Close up of a Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris) leaf.

Pascal Tordeux / RF- Farm track running between fields of harvested wheat and sugarbeet, Villers Le Sec, Picardy, France, July 2018. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Loic Poidevin / Piles of harvested sugar beet, ready for collection , Brie, France, November

Matthew Maran / Fescue (Festuca rubra) and Sea beet (vulgaris sp.maritima) coastal cliff vegetation, East Devon, England, UK, November.

Matthew Maran / Sea beet (Beta vulgaris sp.maritima) a common plant found in coastal cliff vegetation, Devon, England, UK, November.

Klein & Hubert / Beetroot (Beta vulgaris vulgaris) growing in a kitchen garden, Germany.

Pascal Tordeux / Farmland fields ploughed and planted with sugar beet seedlings, Villers Le Sec, France, April 2016.

Pascal Tordeux / Fields ploughed with sugar beet seedlings, Villers Le Sec, France, April 2016.

Klein & Hubert / Chard leaves (Beta vulgaris) in autumn, Germany.

Klein & Hubert / White and Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris) in autumn, Germany.

Nick Upton / Red ant (Myrmica rubra) collecting honeydew from Black bean aphids (Aphis fabae) on a Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense) stem, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Gary K. Smith / Wooden trug and hand fork with Beetroot 'Pablo' (Beta vulgaris), Norfolk, England UK. July

Gary K. Smith / Rows of summer vegetables including Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) with brassicas and carrots covered in mesh tunnel cloches to prevent carrot fly and cabbage white butterfly, Norfolk, England UK. July

Pal Hermansen / Red beet seed (Beta vulgrais) against white background.

Gary K. Smith / Tractor hoeing Sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris) with a front mounted hoe, showing surrounding countryside, church, and farm buildings, North Norfolk, England, UK, June 2013.

Ernie Janes / Irrigation of sugar beet crop in drought conditions, Norfolk, England, UK, August 2013

Ernie Janes / Person inspecting Sugar beet crop in drought conditions, Norfolk, August 2013.

David Tipling / Harvested Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris) Norfolk, November

Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of Beet (Beta vulgaris). Pencil and watercolor painting.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Beetroot growing in community vegetable garden on the roof of Budgens Supermarket, Food from the Sky initiative, Crouch End, London, England, UK, August

Nick Turner / Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) and other vegetables for sale at Cirencester Farmers Market, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK, July 2011.

Ernie Janes / Harvesting Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris) Norfolk, UK, January 2007

Ernie Janes / Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris) processing plant in the Fens, Norfolk, UK, January 2008

Ernie Janes / Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris) processing plant in the Fens, Norfolk, UK, January 2008

Ernie Janes / Sugar beet (Beta vulagaris) crop, Norfolk, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Sugar beet (Beta vulagaris) crop being harvested, unloading beets into trailer, Norfolk, UK, January 2009

Ernie Janes / Sugar beet (Beta vulagaris) crop, unloading beets from trailer, Norfolk, UK, January 2009

Ernie Janes / Sugar beet (Beta vulagaris) crop being harvested, Norfolk, UK, January 2009