Year 33, No: - 07/2026-27/Fri.                                                                                                                                                                 Time: 2.30 PM                                                                                                                Date- 24th April, 2026

Weather during current week (From 18th to 24th April, 2026)

            Clear weather conditions were observed during the week. Except a rainfall of 10.6 mm on 18th April was recorded at the institute observatory.  Maximum temperature ranged between 38.7°C and 41.0°C (weekly normal 37.2°C). Minimum temperature ranged between 21.5°C and 23.9°C (weekly normal 20.1°C). Relative humidity at 7.21 AM ranged between 35 and 79 percent and that at 2.21 PM ranged between 24 and 29 percent. The average bright sunshine hour during the week was 8.3 hours per day (weekly normal 8.0 hours). The average wind speed recorded was 5.1 km/h (normal 4.8 km/h). Mean evaporation rate during the period was 7.5 mm/day (weekly normal 7.6 mm/day). Wind during morning was from calm and evening it was from different directions.

Weather based Agromet-Advisories (for the period ending on 29th April, 2026)

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

• Keeping in view of heat wave in next days, farmers are advised for frequent irrigation in vegetables, nurseries of vegetables, fodder crops and orchards. Farmers are also advised to protect vegetables nurseries and orchards against hot winds by physical barrier.
• 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. farmers are advised to keep harvested crops and grains in the protected place.
• In present weather condition, harvesting of mature wheat crop is advised. Harvested crops should be properly tied and covered to avoid being carried away by winds. Adequate drying of harvested grains before storage should be done.
• Sowing of green manure crop is advised where harvesting of rabi crop is over. For green manuring cluster bean, daincha, senai, lobia etc may be sown and ensure proper moisture for proper germination and growth of the crop.
• Farmers are advised to start sowing of green gram. Variety: - Pusa Visal, Pusa Ratna, Pusa 5931, Pusa Baisakhi, PDM-11, SML-32, SML-668, Samrat. Seed treatment with crop specific Rhizobium culture as well as phosphorus solubilizing bacteria is also advised. Farmers are advised to ensure proper moisture before sowing for optimum germination.
• Installation of bird perches in tomato, pea, brinjal crops is advised to control fruit borer insect. Hand picking of damaged fruit and burying are advised. Installation of pheromone trap @ 2-3 traps per acre of crop field is advised for monitoring the fruit borer. If pest population is high, spraying of Bt. 1.0 gram/litre of water is advised. After 15 days, if pest population is more than ETL, farmers are advised to spray Spinosad 48 EC @ 1 ml. /4 litres of water in morning or evening time.
• Present temperature is suitable for germination of french bean (Pusa parvati, Contender), vegetable lobia (Pusa komal, Pusa sukomal), amaranthus (Pusa kiran, Pusa lal chaulai), lady’s finger (A-4, Parbani Kranti and Arka Anamika), bottle gourd (Pusa naveen, Pusa sandesh), cucumber (Pusa uday), ridge gourd, sponge gourd (Pusa sneha) and summer radish (Pusa chetki). Procurement of seeds should be done from a certified source. Farmers are advised to ensure proper moisture before sowing for optimum germination.
• In present weather condition constant monitoring of timely sown seed onion crop against attack of thrips should be done. In onion crop, fertilizer should not be applied at this stage as it will hamper corm growth and encourage vegetative development.
• Keeping in view of forecasted high 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. 
• Temperature is suitable for sowing of fodder maize (Variety – African Tall) and lobia. Sowing of HM-4, hybrid cultivar of baby corn may also be done in this week. Farmers are advised to ensure proper moisture before sowing for optimum germination.
• Deep ploughing of fields after harvesting of rabi crops is advised so that eggs and pupating stages of insects and weed seeds are destroyed.

Members of Agro advisory Committee                         

Dr. Ananta Vashisth (Nodal Officer, Agricultural Physics)

Dr. Subash N. Pillai (Head, Division of Agricultural Physics)

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

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

Dr. Dinesh Kumar (Principal Scientist, Agronomy)

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

Dr. Gograj Singh Jat (Senior Scientist, Vegetable Science) 

Dr. Bishnu Maya (Senior Scientist, Plant Pathology)