Pulses and Importance of Pulses

Pulses:-

"Pulses are dried edible seeds of certain plant in legume family"

Importance of Pulses:

 •Pulses are rich in proteins and found to be main source of protein to vegetarian people of India.
• lt is second important constituent of Indian diet after cereals.
•They give ready cash to farmer
•Pulses being legumes fix atmospheric nitrogen into the soil.
• They play important role in crop rotation, mixed and intercroping.
• They help maintaining the soil fertility.
 •They add organic matter into the soil in the form of leaf mould.
•They are helpful for checking the soil erosion as they have more leafy growth and close spacing.
•They supply additional fodder for cattle and pulses are turned into soil as green manure crops.