Multiple choice

What advice would you give to a farmer whose agricultural land is reported to be nitrogen-deficient?

  1. To cultivate a pulse crop in the field

  2. To cultivate cereal crop in the field

  3. To burn the debris present in the field

  4. To leave the field uncultivated for one season

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Explanation

Pulse crops (legumes like beans, peas) have nitrogen-fixing bacteria in their root nodules. They convert atmospheric nitrogen into soil nitrogen, naturally replenishing nitrogen-deficient soil.

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