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.

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.

PREMAPHOTOS / Boat-backed bug {Enoplops scapha} on Sea beet leaf on the coast, UK

Jean E. Roche / Pea pear-shaped weevil (Holotrichapion pisi) on Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris). Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur, France. April.

Nigel Cattlin / Barley (Hordeum vulgare), used to protect fenland soil from wind erosion, killed by spray to allow a young Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) to grow through, Cambridgeshire, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Prostrate knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare) plants growing in a young Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) crop, England, UK. June

Nigel Cattlin / Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) crop affected by docking disorder by free-living nematodes (FLN) causing severely stunted plant, UK.