More biomass in pulse crops, more nitrogen

By Bob Freebairn
Updated August 30 2016 - 7:17am, first published August 29 2016 - 4:45am
Research scientist Dr Nikki Seymour, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland, checking a mungbean crop. She notes that in the main pulse crops build soil nitrogen to a credible degree.
Research scientist Dr Nikki Seymour, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland, checking a mungbean crop. She notes that in the main pulse crops build soil nitrogen to a credible degree.

“The amount of nitrogen fixed by a pulse crop is largely influenced by how well that crop grows.

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