A pulse crop is grown between two cereal crops to compensate for the ________ .

lost oxygen

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lost water

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lost soil microflora

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lost soil nutrients

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Solution

The correct option is D
lost soil nutrients

Cereal crops are nutrient exhaustive crops. Pulses are leguminous plants which are capable of restoring soil fertility by means of their symbiotic root nodules. Hence, a pulse crop is grown between two cereal crops to compensate for the loss of nutrients.

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