Farmers often practice crop rotation to help enrich agricultural fields. Why are beans and other legumes often used in the rotations?

A. Less carbon dioxide.
B. Bacteria in legume root nodules are nitrifiers.
C. Legumes remove toxins from the soil.
D. Legumes enrich the soil by forming heterocysts.
E. Beans fix nitrogen.


Answer: B

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