Explain the role of millets in enhancing soil fertility and sustainable agriculture within integrated farming systems.
“Millets, like most grasses, have a fibrous root network that helps maintain soil integrity due to its extensively branched nature, “There are different types of roots system e.g. Taproots, Fibrous roots.
Adventitious roots. Some of the roots collects Rhizobium bacteria from atmosphere. Like most grasses, millet also has a fibrous root network which helps to maintain the integrity of the soil due to its extensive branching nature. Millets are also good for the environment. They require less water than other cereals and can thrive without using fertilizers or pesticides in poor soils. Millets are drought-resistant.
The association with Rhizobium bacteria and other organisms that favor the formation and increase in the concentration of glomalin can make millet potentially conducive to this task.
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