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Ground nuts are legumes. Groundnut being a legume crop utilizes the nitrogen in the atmosphere by nitrogen fixation in association with a group of bacteria belonging to Rhizobium family.

The Rhizobium bacteria penetrate the roots of legumes and form root nodules .

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