Question

state one advantage of growing a leguminous c r o p between two cereal crop

Answer 1

Practice in which different types of crops like leguminous crops and non leguminous crops are grown alternately in the same field is called as Crop rotation.

Advantages of Crop Rotation:

1. Improves the fertility of soil by replenishing it with nitrogen .

2. Increases the production of food grains.

3. Saves lots of nitrogen fertilizers as leguminous plants can fix atmospheric nitrogen with the help of bacteria

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Answer 2

QUESTION

State one advantage of growing a leguminous crop between two cereal crop

ANSWER

A leguminous crop fixes atmospheric nitrogen with the help of nitrogen fixing bacteria. It helps in the addition of nitrogen into the soil without adding extra nitrogenous fertilizer to the soil. This practice helps a farmer to save the money wasted for fertilizer as well as helps to raise a pollution free crop and increase the yield.