<P> Growing the same crop in the same place for many years in a row ( Monocropping ) disproportionately depletes the soil of certain nutrients . With rotation , a crop that leaches the soil of one kind of nutrient is followed during the next growing season by a dissimilar crop that returns that nutrient to the soil or draws a different ratio of nutrients . In addition , crop rotation mitigates the buildup of pathogens and pests that often occurs when one species is continuously cropped , and can also improve soil structure and fertility by increasing biomass from varied root structures . </P>
<P> Growing the same crop in the same place for many years in a row ( Monocropping ) disproportionately depletes the soil of certain nutrients . With rotation , a crop that leaches the soil of one kind of nutrient is followed during the next growing season by a dissimilar crop that returns that nutrient to the soil or draws a different ratio of nutrients . In addition , crop rotation mitigates the buildup of pathogens and pests that often occurs when one species is continuously cropped , and can also improve soil structure and fertility by increasing biomass from varied root structures . </P>
what happens to the soil after growing cereal crops repeatedly in the same field
what happens to the soil after growing cereal crops repeatedly in the same field
depletes the soil of certain nutrients
depletes the soil of certain nutrients