Question

Which one of the following is a leguminous green fodder commonly available in winter?
a) cowpea
b) berseem and lucerne
c)elephant grass
d) rice and jowar

Answer 1

Hint: The fodder plants are those which are used for feeding the domesticated animals. They provide good nutrition to the domesticated animals. Fodder is generated from the agricultural stock and then is used in the feeding of the animals like cattle, goat, pig, sheep, horse, and chickens.

Complete answer:
The berseem and lucerne crops are the fodder crops that are available in the winter season. They are leguminous in nature and help in replenishing the soil with its lost nutrients. Berseem is an annual crop and the lucerne is the perennial leguminous fodder crop. Berseem grows in the highly irrigated land areas and the land which is located at an altitude of 1700m. lucerne is grown in the low irrigated land areas where less water is available. It grows usually in the hilly areas in the season when there is less amount of rainfall and the temperature is optimum for its growth. Lucerne doesn’t grow in the areas receiving high rainfall or having a very low temperature. They do not survive in such areas. These leguminous plants can be grown in the rotation of the other crop plants as they are leguminous in nature. The legumes help in the restoration of the soil nutrients which get depleted in the soil. They are helpful in the fixation of the atmospheric nitrogen into the soil.
So, the answer is ‘berseem and lucerne’.

Note: The crops grown for the fodder can also be used as the food crops. Such types of crops provide dual functions in a lesser amount of time. The growth of the fodder crops is necessary as they provide food to the domesticated animals.