legume

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Introduction

Legumes include alfalfa, clover, beans, peas, chickpeas, lentils, lupins, mesquite, carob, soybeans, peanuts.[1]

Most legumes have symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria within root nodules. For this reason, they play a key role in crop rotation.[1]

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