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Explain how soil gets affected by the continuous plantation of crops in a field.

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Explain how soil gets affected by the continuous plantation of crops in a field.

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Soil supplies mineral nutrients to the crop. These nutrients are essential for the growth of plants. Continuous growing of crops in the same field makes the soil poorer in certain nutrients. This makes the soil infertile. And then, to replenish the soil with nutrients farmers need to add manures to the soil.

Answer 2

The practice of continuous plantation of crops causes the soil in fields to become poor in essential nutrients such as phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen and many more. The requirement of nutrients is essential for the normal functioning and growth of plants