what enables leguminous plants to fix nitrogen ?
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Legume crops such as beans, peanuts and soy can fix nitrogen from the air, and flourish on nitrogen- deficient soils. To do so, they need help from Rhizobium bacteria. These special bacteria stimulate the growth of nodules on the roots of leguminous plants.
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Rhizobium bacteria found in the root nodules of leguminous plants like pulses enables them to fix nitrogen. It lives in symbiotic association with plants and fixes the atmospheric nitrogen in leguminous plants.
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