Green Manuring and its advantages and disadvantages

Green Manuring:-

'Green manuring is a practice of ploughing or turning the undecomposed green plant tissues into the soil for the purpose of improving soil fertility.'

Types of green Manuring:

1) Green Manuring in situ
For example : Sunhemp, Dhaincha ,senji crops.
2) Green leaf Manuring
For example : Glyricidia, Sesbania,Karanj etc.

Advantages of green Manuring:-

1) It increases the fertility of soil.
2) Being a legume,it fixes atmospheric nitrogen in the soil.
3) Being a quick growing crop, it helps in suppressing the weed growth.
4) It improves the soil structure, water holding capacity & decreases run off.
5) It adds organic matter & stimulates activities of soil micro-organisms.

Disadvantages of green munuring :-

1) It may increase the incidence of pests & diseases.
2)There is loss of one season especially kharif.