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(of crops) planted to improve the quality of the soil.

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  • · Intercropping with herbaceous soil-building legumes such as stylosanthes or macroptilium; or
  • Obstacles like this must be kept in mind when considering using green manuring as a soil-building technique.
  • The other is a science fiction novel called Gems of Kolbe featuring soil-building pioneers on the terraformed world of Kolbe.
  • It believes that this trend may be reversed if the people of the Earth can be educated to the point where they will demand planning of population, reforestation,...
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