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Roots of pea, bean and gram plants have nodules on them. What is the function of thesenodules?

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The root nodules are the sites for nitrogen fixation and they contain bacteria. This bacteria take up nitrogen from atmosphere and convert it into ammonia so that the plant can easily use it.


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