Legumes improve the nitrogen levels in the soil, and in turn improves the growing conditions for the rice plants.
Legumes are not consumers, they are producers. Legumes are PLANTS. Thus they don't eat anything.
legumes
Legumes
Unless they are legumes, from the soil.
Legumes do. Peas are a good example.
Peas and beans belong to a very special group of plants known as legumes. Legumes are plants which have a bacteria living symbiotically in their roots which "fix" nitrogen for use by the plants themselves and thos that eat the plants. By planting legumes every 3 years, the farmers were using a natural form of nitrogen fertilizer!
They get the fibre from the plants (i.e., grasses and legumes) that they eat.
Legumes
cross pollination
No, oats are not legumes; they are actually a type of cereal grain. Oats belong to the Poaceae family, which includes grasses, and are primarily grown for their seeds. Legumes, on the other hand, are plants in the Fabaceae family, which produce pods containing seeds. Thus, oats and legumes are distinct categories of plants.
In soil. Especially around certain plants (legumes).
Legumes do. Peas are a good example.