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A field experiment was conducted to study the effect of organic manure and seed rate on growth, yield and quality of linseed at student instructional farm, department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, AKS University, Sherganj, Satna (M.P.) during rabi season of 2020-21. The experiment consisted of randomize block design having factorial arrangement with three replications. In this experiment, twelve treatments combinations were evaluated i.e. four levels of organic manures (Vermicompost @ 5ton/ha, FYM @ 5ton/ha, Compost @ 5ton/ha and Paddy husk @ 5ton/ha, and their seed rate i.e. 25kg/ha, 30kg/ha and 35kg/ha ) were involved. Higher plant height at 90 DAS (54.57 cm) was obtained with application of vermicompost @ 5 t/ha with crop sown the seed rate of35 kg/ha, while maximum number of branches per plant at maximum crop growth stage of 90 DAS (7.40), number of capsules per plant (59.13), number of seeds/capsule (9.13), test weight (8.61 g) was obtained with application of vermicompost @ 5 t/ha with crop sown the seed rate of25 kg/ha. While maximum seed and straw yield (22.75 and 41.99 q/ha, respectively) as well as oil content (40.49 %) were recorded in plots treated with the application of vermicompost @ 5 t/ha with crop sown the seed rate of35 kg/ha. It was concluded from the results that application of vermicompost @ 5 t/ha with crop sown the seed rate of35 kg/ha improved yield and yield components of linseed.

Keywords: Linseed, Branches, Capsule, Test weight, Straw yield.