Life: The Science of Biology
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ISBN: 9781319010164
Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 35.4, Problem 3R
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The role of crop rotation, in terms of plant nutrition on a plot having corn or soybeans.
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Crop rotation may be defined as the method of rotation of two different kinds of crops on the same plot in two different seasons. This replenishes the soil with the nutrients that are taken by the plants planted on that plot.
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