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Explain the scientific reason for growing Azolla pinnata in a rice field.

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Rice farmers keep Azolla pinnata in the rice field in their paddies because it generates valuable nitrogen via its symbiotic cyanobacteria.T his plant can be grown in wet soil and then plowed under, generating a good amount of nitrogen-rich fertilizer.

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