Farmers grow leguminous plant in the fields in between two harvests. Why?

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Farmers grow leguminous plants in the ﬁeld in between two harvests because leguminous plants have nitrogen ﬁxing bacteria in their root nodules which helps in converting the atmospheric nitrogen into nitrogen compounds hence it enriches the nitrogen content of soil and growth of plants.

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