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Why do farmers grow a leguminous crops in between two main crops

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Answered by TheWeirdGenius
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Answer:

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 withnitrogen and to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers

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Answered by samairasharma1563
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Explanation:

Leguminous crops have a tendency of fixing nitrogen from atmosphere into the soil which as a result enriches the soil with nitrogen. Nitrogen in the soil plays a great role in plants growth. Therefore, Farmers grow leguminous crops between two other crops due to the aforementioned reason as leguminous plants act as manure due to its atmospheric nitrogen fixing ability. Sometimes leguminous crops are referred as green manure.

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