Question

why do farmers grow a leguminous crop in between two main crops explain​

Answer 1

Modern agriculture generously makes use of synthetic fertilizers,which nourishes the plants but may cause land degradation. Most widely used synthetic fertilizers are nitrogen fertilizers. Leguminous plants can harbor atmospheric nitrogen fixing bacteria in their roots, setting the stage for a symbiotic relationship. In this relationship, plants provide food to bacteria and in turn bacteria provide nitrogen compounds to the plants, synthesized by fixing atmospheric nitrogen. Some of the fixed nitrogen so may be also left in the soil benefiting the subsequent crop.

Also leguminous plants have relatively deeper root system which helps in opening up the sub-soil and recycling of nutrients moved into deeper layers, again benefiting the subsequent crop.

Thus it is always advisable to include leguminous crops in all cropping patterns.

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Answer 2

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leguminous plants have rhizobium bacteria in their root nodules. they convert atmospheric nitrogen into soluble nitrogen compounds which can be used by plants. so farmers grow leguminous plants between two main crops to enrich the soil with nitrogen and to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers.

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