An agriculturist plants legumes, which host the bacterium Rhizobium in their root nodules for nitrogen fixation. How will these legumes enrich the soil?

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krishna kishore G.
Sep 24, 2016

Legumes provide shelter for the nitrogen fixing bacteria.

Explanation:

Nitrogen fixing bacteria that live in root nodules of the legumes convert atmospheric nitrogen into nitrates and will fix in to soil thus enriches the soil with nitrogen.

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