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Vegetable whose production is determined by pollinator and temperature (4)

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I believe the answer is:

beet

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'vegetable' is the definition.
(I know that beet is a type of vegetable)

'pollinator and temperature' is the wordplay.
'pollinator' becomes 'bee' (I've seen this in another clue).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'temperature' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'bee'+'t'='BEET'

'whose production is determined by' is the link.
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(Other definitions for beet that I've seen before include "Crop plant, sugar source" , "An edible root plant" , "Genus of plant with succulent root" , "Root, maybe source of sugar" , "E.g. chard, mangelwurzel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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