Why are the pulses known as leguminous crop? Why are they
grown in rotation with other crops?
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Answer:
Pulses are leguminous crops. In these plants the seeds are found inside pods and the root nodules have the capacity of nitrogen fixation in the soil.
As pulses are leguminous crops, and all of these except tur or arhar help in restoring soil fertility by fixing and using nitrogen from the air in the soil. Therefore, pulses are grown in rotation with other crops.
Urad, moong, masur, peas, gram and tur (arhar) are the major pulses grown in India. Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Karnataka are the major pulse-producing states of India.
Answer:
roots of the leguminous plants contains rhizobium bacteria it fixes the atmospheric nitrogen in the soil therefore the pulses known as the leguminous crop
Explanation:
it it is used in crop rotation with other crops because it maintain the nitrogen content of the soil