Life: The Science of Biology
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Chapter 28.4, Problem 2R
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The uses of soybeans and crop rotation technique to treat a land that has been degraded and depleted of nutrients.
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A part of the land is being used for growing corn for several years has been depleted of the nutrients, organic matter, and nitrogen required for growing corn. The corn thus produced is unhealthy. The farmers are suggested to grow soybeans and then again grow corn after some years.
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