1. Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth. But farmers who cultivate pulse crops like green gram, Bengal gram, black gram, etc. do not apply nitrogenous fertilizers during cultivation. Why?
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It is because some amount of nitrogen is also present in the soil that help the plants grow.
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★ Roots of pulses have a symbiotic association with a bacterium called Rhizobium. Rhizobium fixes atmospheric nitrogen which will be utilised by leguminous plants. Hence, Farmers who cultivate pulse crops like green gram, Bengal gram, black gram, etc. do not apply nitrogenous fertilizers during cultivation.
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Nitrogen is essential for plants to synthesize amino acids, which are the building blocks for protein synthesis.
- They modify some parts of their body such as apex of leaf and change themselves to become insectivorous plants.
- Leguminous plants like- pea plants,etc. have rhisobium bacteria in their root nodules which also provide them nitrogen.
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