9th Class Science Improvement in food resources Question Bank 9th CBSE Science Improvement in food resources

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      Define (i) Vermicompost (ii) Green manure (iii) Biofertilisers.         

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                      (i) Vermicompost is a manure rich in pulverized organic matter and nutrients. The compost prepared by using earthworms to hasten the process decomposition of plants and animals refuse.                                               (1) (ii) Green manure is prepared by decomposing green plants in field itself. It helps in enriching the soil in nitrogen and phosphorus. Example Sunhemp is grown in fields, mulched by ploughing and allowed to decompose in field for the preparation of green manure. (1)      (iii) Biofertiliser are living organism used as fertilizer to supply the nutrients to crop plants. Example, Nitrogen fixing blue green algae, nitrogen fixing bacteria which fix nitrogen in soil, rice fields, are called as bioferriliser.                                                                     (1)


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