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Green manure plants used by farmers mainly belong to

Green manure plants used by farmers mainly belong to Correct Answer leguminosae

Concept:

  • Angiosperms are divided into various families, Leguminosae is one of them.

Systematic position:

Class - Dictoledonae

Sub class - Polypetalae

Series - Calyciforae

Order - Rosales

Family - Leguminosae

Explanation:

  • The plants which are capable of growing at a faster rate in the fields are the green manure plants.
  • These plants mainly belong to the family - Leguminosae, these are called manure plants because they have symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria attached to their root nodules
  • These plants enrich the soil with nitrogen
  • Leguminosae family is economically important because it includes pulses and some medicinal plants which are used as food and healing material.
  • Members of this family include Pulses like Pea, Gram (Chana), French bean (Rajma), Green gram (Moong).
  • Fodder: Dhaincha (Sesbania), Medicinal plants like Mulaithi.
  • Other important characters of this family are:
  1. ​Roots: Roots are branched and a tap root system is present. In roots N2 fixing bacteria Rhizobium is present.
  2. Stem: Erect or climber
  3. Leaves: Stipulate, simple, or compound-unipinnate.
  4. Inflorescence: Typical raceme (Racemose)

Additional Information 

  • Poaceae or Gramineae family includes Cereals.
  • Compositae is the largest family of angiosperms. Compositae is the sunflower family.
  • Solanaceae is also called a potato family. In the Solanaceae family, most plants are herbs, some of them are shrubs, rarely trees.

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