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Agriculture · Q347

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 347

Q347

Glyricidia species is used as

A.
Green manure
B.
Green leaf manure
C.
Both A and B
Answer
D.
None of these

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Gliricidia species is used as Green manure and Green leaf manure.
Gliricidia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae and tribe Robinieae. The species G. sepium is a small, deciduous, ornamental tree, cultivated and used for a variety of purposes in tropical regions.
Gliricidia is a fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing leguminous tree that is used in agroforestry to add nitrogen and organic matter to the soil.