Dr. V. P. RamaniRAHUL SHANKARBHAI KHARADI2018-01-052018-01-052016http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810038816The microplot experiment was conducted at the Micronutrient Research Project (ICAR) experimental site, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand (Gujarat) during kharif 2015 to study the “Effect of Nickel and Azospirillum on Nitrogen Utilization and Yield of Kharif Maize Grown on Loamy Sand Soil”. An incubation study on “Retention and release pattern of Ni and its effect on N availability in absence of plant” was also carried out simultaneously. Both the experiments were laid out in a Factorial Completely Randomized Design (FCRD), main study comprising of ten treatment combinationsenAgricultural Chemistry & Soil AScienceStudyThesis