Year 31, No: - 84/2024-25/Fri.                                                                                                                           Time: 2.30 PM                                                                                                    Date- 17th January, 2025

Weather during current week (From 11th January to 17th January, 2025)

                 Foggy weather conditions were observed during the week. Rainfall of 2.3 mm on 12th January and 8.6 mm on 16th January, was recorded at the institute observatory.  Maximum temperature ranged between 16.3 °C and 18.2 °C (weekly normal 18.6 °C). Minimum temperature ranged between 4.5 °C and 10.1 °C (weekly normal 5.9 °C). Relative humidity at 7.21 AM ranged between 90 and 95 percent and that at 2.21 PM ranged between 76 and 87 percent. The average bright sunshine hour during the week was 2.1 hours per day (weekly normal 3.7 hours). The average wind speed recorded was 3.9 km/h (normal 3.2 km/h). Mean evaporation rate during the period was 1.2 mm/day (weekly normal 1.9 mm/day). Wind during morning was from calm and evening was from different directions.

Weather based Agromet-Advisories (for the period ending on 22nd January, 2025) 

Advisory based on advices received from the subject matter specialists of agromet-advisory committee: 

• Keeping forecasted rainfall in view, farmers are advised to stop irrigation and all type of sprays in the standing crops.
• In wheat crop, if symptoms of termite appear than application of mixture of 20 kg sand with Chlorpyriphos 20 EC @ 2.0 litre/acre should be done in evening hours.
• In present weather condition, constant monitoring of aphid is advised in mustard crop. In early stage farmers are advised to cut and destroy the infested part of the plant. 
• For monitoring of the pod borer in the gram crop, installation of Pheromone trap @ 3-4 traps per acre is advised, if flowering has reached 10-15%. “T” shaped bird perches in and around crop field to be installed for controlling insect population.
• To prepare seedling of early cucurbitaceous crops, seedling may be prepared in small polythene bags in poly houses.
• In present weather conditions transplantation of healthy seedlings of late varieties of cabbage, cauliflower, knolkhol etc. may be done on ridges.
• Sowing of spinach, coriander, fenugreek may be done in present weather conditions. Foliar spray of 20 kg urea per acre may be done to maintain foliage health.
• Weather is suitable for growing of carrot seed crop in this week. Those farmers, who used high quality and good varieties seeds for carrot crop. If the crop is 90-105 days old, then in the first fortnight of January at the time of harvesting of crop, farmers can select good lengthy and vigorous carrot having less numbers of leaves. In selected carrots, farmers should cut the leafs after leaving 4 inch and also cut the lower portion of the carrot root after leaving the top upper 4 inch and transplant them at 45 cm row to row distance and 15 cm plant to plant distance.
• Keeping in view of optimum weather conditions, Farmers are advised for transplantation of onion seedling in this week. Seedling should not be older than six weeks. Transplanting should be done in small beds. Deep transplanting should be avoided. Ten to fifteen days before transplanting, apply 20 ton well decomposed FYM with 20 kg nitrogen, 60-70 kg phosphorus and 80-100 kg potash at the time of last ploughing. Transplanting should be done at spacing of 15 cm (row–row) x 10 cm (plant-plant). 
• To monitor the pest population for diamond back moth in cole crop, for pod borer in pea and fruit borer in tomato, installation of pheromone traps @ 3-4 traps per acre is advised.
• Constant monitoring of inflorescence rotting disease in marigold crop is needed. If symptoms is found, spraying of Bavistin @ 1 gram\litre or indofil-M 45 @ 2 ml\litre water is recommended, when sky remains clear. 

Members of Agro advisory Committee

Dr. Ananta Vashisth (Nodal Officer, Agricultural Physics)

Dr. Subash Nataraja (Head, Division of Agricultural Physics)

Dr. P. Krishnan (Professor, Division of Agricultural Physics) 

Dr. Deb Kumar Das (Principal Scientist, Agricultural Physics)

Dr. B. S. Tomar (Head, Division of Vegetable Science)

Dr. Sachin Suresh Suroshe (Project coordinator, AICRP on Honeybee)

Dr. Dinesh Kumar (Principal Scientist, Agronomy)

Dr. P. Sinha (Principal Scientist, Plant Pathology)

Dr. A.K. Singh (Principal Scientist and Incharge, CATAT)