A farmer adds Azotobacter culture to the soil before sowing maize. How does it increase the yield of maize?

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Azotobacter is a free-living nitrogen-fixing bacteria. It fixes atmospheric nitrogen in the soil and increases the fertility of the soil. Maize plants cultivated in fertile soil result in the increase in yield.

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