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What are leguminous plant and how do they increase the fertility of soil?
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Peas, beans or peanuts. There is a type of bacteria that can grow on their roots known as nitrogen fixing bacteria. It has the ability to take nitrogen from the air, and convert it to a form of nitrogen fertilizer than plants can use.
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Write importance of leguminous plant roots?
leguminous plants are grown after one yield because it increases a fertility of the soil leguminous plants are containing highly nitrate in it it also helps in grows of crops by this ways we can get good yield it also helps our farmers to lead a life by this ways our countries per capita income rises by this ways we can alives a name of India as agricultural countries
How does soil pH affect soil fertility?
soil fertility increases soil PH
What salts are used for fertilizers and fungicides?
Ammonium nitrate is used in fertlisers to increase fertility of soil.
Is soil fertility is the only outcome of every volcanic eruption?
No. It can also increase tourism levels.
What crops improve soil fertility?
Leguminous crops, such as peas and beans, fix Nitrogen from the air and make it available to plants. "Cover crops" - winter rye for example - planted on the land when it is fallow, and then "plowed under" later - also improve the fertility, if given a season to decompose.
What are legum?
Legumes are plants that can use nitrogen from the air for growth. This nitrogen can be added to the soil to increase soil fertility. Legumes include peas and beans.
Why do farmers grow leguminous crops between 2 other plants?
They have nodules on their roots which contain nitrogen fixing bacteria. These take the nitrogen from the air and convert it to nitrogen compounds in the soil which plants use as nutrients. In short, using leguminous plants increases the fertility of the soil.
Which plant changes the soil pH?
Leguminous plants.
How can you increase the fertility of soil?
Mix fertilizer into the soil.
What is fertility in soil?
Generally means that the soil is suitable for plant growth. Sand, for instance, has low fertility.
Why are manures and fertilizers added to the soil by farmers?
To increase the fertility of the soil .
Write importance of leguminous plant roots?
leguminous plants are grown after one yield because it increases a fertility of the soil leguminous plants are containing highly nitrate in it it also helps in grows of crops by this ways we can get good yield it also helps our farmers to lead a life by this ways our countries per capita income rises by this ways we can alives a name of India as agricultural countries
Fertility of soil contains?
fertility of soil is the abundant of nutrient or microorganism that help growth and development of plant to establish.
What is the name of the bacteria which increase the fertility of soil?
actinomycetes
What use of green manure?
increase fertility of soil
What do farmers use phosphorus for?
To increase soil fertility if the soil is deficient in phosphorus.
What is the name of crop that is grown alternately?
The growing of different kinds of crops on a piece of land in a preplanned succession is known as crop rotation. In the rotation of crops, leguminous crops like pulses, beans, peas, groundnut and Bengal gram are sown in-between the seasons of cereal crops like wheat, maize and pearl millet. The leguminous plants are grown alternately with non-leguminous plants to restore the fertility of the soil. When the cereal crops like rice, wheat, maize are grown in the soil, it uses up a lot of nitrogenous salts from the soil. If another crop of cereal is grown in the same soil, the soil becomes nitrogen deficient. So by rotation a leguminous crop is grown. There plants have the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen to form nitrogen compounds through the help of certain bacteria present in their root. These nitrogen compounds go into the soil and make it more fertile. After the leguminous plants utilize some of the nitrogen compounds, the rest of it is left in the soil to enrich it. Thus, planting a leguminous plant will result in nitrogen rich soil and when a cereal is grown in this soil there is increase in food grain production.
