Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

The present investigation pertaining to studies on effect of seed treatments on growth, yield and quality and soil nutrient dynamics of Bt cotton in vertisol was carried out during the year 2017-2018 at Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, College of Agriculture, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi vidyapeeth, Parbhani. The field experiment was undertaken in a Randomized Block Design with nine treatments and three replication to find out the effect of various seed treatments on growth and yield of Bt cotton in vertisol. The nutrient seed dressing treatments are T₁ - Absolute control, T₂ - 100% NPK +Zinc Sulphate (ZnSo4), T₃ -100 % N P K + Zn EDTA, T₄ -100% NPK + Borax (B), T₅-100% NPK + Manganese Sulphate (MnSo₄), T₆ -100% NPK +Sodium Molybdate (NaMo), T₇-100% NPK + Cupper Nitrate (CuNo₃), T₈-100% NPK +Ferrous Sulphate (FeSo₄), T₉ - 100% NPK +FeEDTA seed application. The nutrient seed dressing treatment T₃-100 % N P K + Zn EDTA seed application to Bt cotton found to be effective in improving germination and growth attributing characters like, plant height, number of leaves, leaf area and root density.