Q. Which of the following are nitrogen-fixing plants?
1. Alfalfa
2. Amaranth
3. Chickpea
4. Clover
5. Purslane (Kulfa)
6. Spinach
Answer: A
Notes:
Exp) Option a is the correct answer.
Nitrogen fixation is a process that implies the transformation of the relatively non-reactive atmospheric N2 into its more reactive compounds (nitrates, nitrites, or ammonia).
Nitrogen-Fixing Plants: An N-fixing crop is a natural way to provide plant-adjusted N without any industrial harm to nature. Nitrogen fixing plants are:
- Clovers, vetches, and peas are nitrogen-fixing plants used by farmers worldwide and in the US Southern Great Plains in particular.
- Peas or beans can be used as a summer nitrogen-fixing cover crop or harvested for food. Both ways, they enrich the soil with plant-suitable N. Southern peas prefer warm seasons and are sown when the soil temperature reaches 60F.
- Beans: fava (aka faba, broad), alfalfa, green (aka French), runner, field, sweet, peanuts (aka groundnuts), soybeans, cream, black-eyed, or purple-hulled beans, lupins, lentils, cowpeas,
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