Sunhemp, scientifically known as Crotalaria juncea, is a fast-growing, warm-season legume commonly used as a cover crop and green manure. It is valued for its ability to improve soil fertility by fixing atmospheric nitrogen, enhancing organic matter, and suppressing weeds. Additionally, sunhemp can provide forage for livestock and is often used in erosion control. Its bright yellow flowers also attract pollinators, contributing to biodiversity in agricultural systems.
desert soil cannot hold water & hence,only xerophytes can grow in it.
Leguminous plants like sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea), cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) are commonly used in India for green manuring. These plants help in fixing nitrogen in the soil, improving soil fertility, and suppressing weed growth.
Indian is an agricultural country. Most of her people are farmers. They produce generally three classes of crops, such as food-crops, commercial crops and oil-seeds. The main food crops are rice, barley and cereals. Rice is a staple food of many Indians. Rice is obtained from paddy. Paddy is grown in many states of India such as Orrisa, Andhra pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya pradesh, Assam and Maharashtra. Wheat is a staple food of north indians. Its a winter crop. It is much more nutririous than rice itself. Its grown mainly in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. Barley is a subsidiary food for the wheat eaters. It is also diet for the patients. Its grown mainly in Uttar Pradesh and bihar. Likewise Maize is also grown here having same popularity as Barley.Like this there are huge number of crops grown in India.