why do farmers plant leguminouscrops in crop rotations or mixed cropping
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why do farmers plant leguminouscrops in crop rotations or mixed cropping
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After continous plantation of the crops like rice and wheat , the nitrogen level of the soil decreases. this in turn , affect the yield of the crops . The liguminous plants have nodes in their roots where the nitrogen-fixing microbes reside. These microbes help by fixing the nitrogen in the soil . Hence increasing the nitrogen level of soils . So the farmers plant the liguminous plants to maintain the nitrogen level of the soil