Year 31, No: -08/2024-25/Fri.                                                                                   Time: 2.30 PM                                                                        Date: 26th April, 2024

Weather during current week (From 20th to 26th April, 2024)

     Clear weather conditions were observed during the week. except a rainfall of 4.4 mm on 22nd April was recorded at the institute observatory. Maximum temperature ranged between 35.8°C and 39.5°C (weekly normal 38.4°C). Minimum temperature ranged between 18.0°C and 23.6°C (weekly normal 21.4°C). Relative humidity at 7.21 AM ranged between 63 and 83 percent and that at 2.21 PM ranged between 26 and 39 percent. The average bright sunshine hour during the week was 9.6 hours per day (weekly normal 8.3 hours). The average wind speed recorded was 3.2 km/h (normal 4.7 km/h). Mean evaporation rate during the period was 6.1 mm/day (weekly normal 8.2 mm/day). Wind during morning was Calm and evening was from different directions.

Weather based Agromet-Advisories (for the period ending on 01st May, 2024) 

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

• Before storage, grains should be properly cleaned and it should be dried to the recommended level of moisture content not more than 12%. Godowns should be properly cleaned by removing all the grains and other storage matter of previous crop. Cracks and crevices of the walls should be cleaned and repaired. Farmers are advised to treat gunny bags with 5% Neem solutions. The gunny bags should be dried in the sun so that eggs and pupating stages of insects as well as inoculum of diseases get destroyed. 
• For green manure, sowing of dhaicha, senai etc may be done during this week. Seed rate for sanai is 60-70 kilogram and that of dhaicha is 50-60 kilogram per hectare. For adequate germination proper moisture should be maintained.
• Sowing of fodder crops (gwar, maize, bajra) may be done during this week. Adequate moisture should be maintained for maximum germination of seeds. Sowing should be done at a depth of 3-4 cm and at row to row spacing of 25-30 cm.
• Field preparation should be done for sowing of pigenpea and cotton in this week. Farmers are advised to procure good quality seeds from certified source. 
• Keeping in view of temperature, farmers are advised for harvesting of mature vegetables at morning and evening hours and keep harvested crops in shadow.
• Optimum moisture level should be maintained in cucurbitaceous crops by light and frequent irrigation as dry conditions may lead to poor pollination and thus drop in yield of the crop. Due to prevailing high temperature, light irrigation at short interval is advised in vegetable crops. 
• After harvesting of mature okra application of urea @ 5-10 kg/ acre should be done. Constant monitoring of crop against attack of mite is advised. If population is above ETL then, spraying of Ethion @ 1.5-2 ml/litre of water is advised. Due to prevailing high temperature, light irrigation at short interval is advised. 
• To control shoot and fruit borer in brinjal and tomato crops, infested fruits and shoots should be collected and buried inside the soil. If pest population is high, spraying of Spinosad 48 EC @ 1 ml /4 litres of water is advised.

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)