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what are the advantages of ploughing the soil before sowing seeds?

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The primary purpose of ploughing is to turn over the upper layer of the soil, bringing fresh nutrients to the surface, .

the advantages of plouging is:

 By doing , it reduces nitrogen losses by volatilization, accelerates mineralization and increases short-term nitrogen availability for transformation of organic matter into humus. It erases wheel tracks and ruts caused by harvesting equipment. It controls many perennial weeds and pushes back the growth of other weeds until the following spring. It accelerates soil warming and water evaporation in spring because of the lesser quantity of residues on the soil surface. It facilitates seeding with a lighter seeder. It controls many enemies of crops (slugs, crane flies, seedcorn maggots-bean seed flies, borers). It increases the number of "soil-eating" earthworms (endogea) but is detrimental to vertical-dwelling earthworms (anecic).

so this is the reason why we do ploughing before sowing

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The primary purpose of ploughing is to turn over the upper layer of the soil, bringing fresh nutrients to the surface, .

the advantages of plouging is:

By doing , it reduces nitrogen losses by volatilization, accelerates mineralization and increases short-term nitrogen availability for transformation of organic matter into humus. It erases wheel tracks and ruts caused by harvesting equipment. It controls many perennial weeds and pushes back the growth of other weeds until the following spring. It accelerates soil warming and water evaporation in spring because of the lesser quantity of residues on the soil surface. It facilitates seeding with a lighter seeder. It controls many enemies of crops ( slugs , crane flies , seedcorn maggots-bean seed flies, borers). It increases the number of "soil-eating" earthworms (endogea) but is detrimental to vertical-dwelling earthworms (anecic).

so this is the reason why we do ploughing before sowing

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Ploughing has following advantages: 1It improves air circulation so that roots can respire easily. 2 Roots can penetrate deeper into the soil thus hold the plants firmly 3 Ploughing enhances the water retaining capacity of the soil 4 Ploughing uproots the weeds growing in the field and aids in the growth of the microbes
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What are the advantage of plough the before the sowing seeds
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What are the advantage of plough the before the sowing seeds
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It turns soil and also loosens it
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It loosens the spil and thus help in the breathing of the earth worms which are helpful for agriculure.
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Ploughing helps in the growth of earthworms and microbes in the soil . They provide nutrients to the soil and aid in further loosening and ploughing the soil
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