Year 32, No: - 77/2025-26/Tue.                                                                                                                                                               Time: 2.30 PM                                                                                                   Date- 23rd December, 2025

Weather during current week (From 17th to 23rd December, 2025)

                       Shallow foggy at morning hours’ conditions were observed during the week. Maximum temperature ranged between 16.7°C and 23.9°C (weekly normal 21.1°C). Minimum temperature ranged between 5.6°C and 9.5°C (weekly normal 6.2°C). Relative humidity at 7.21 AM ranged between 92 and 100 percent and that at 2.21 PM ranged between 47 and 95 percent. The average bright sunshine hour during the week was 3.0 hours per day (weekly normal 3.7 hours). The average wind speed recorded was 2.7 km/h (normal 2.5 km/h). Mean evaporation rate during the period was 1.5 mm/day (weekly normal 2.3 mm/day). Wind during morning was Calm and evening it was from different directions.

Weather based Agromet-Advisories (for the period ending on 28th December, 2025) 

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

• First irrigation should be given to late sown wheat crop if it is 21-25 days old as per requirement. After 3-4 days of irrigation broadcasting of rest half dose of nitrogen should be done.
• In wheat crop, if symptoms of termite are appearing than application of mixture of 20 kg sand with Chlorpyriphos 20 EC @ 2.0 litre should be done in evening hours and subsequent irrigation is recommended.
• Thinning and weeding is recommended in late sown mustard crop. In present weather condition constant monitoring of aphid and white rust is advised in mustard crop. 
• 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 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.
• 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.
• Due to high relative humidity, infection of blight may occur in potato and tomato. Constant monitoring is advised. If symptoms appear than spray of Carbandizam @ 1.0 gm / litre of water or Dithane-M-45 @ 2.0 gm / litre of water is recommended.
• In present weather conditions constant monitoring of timely sown onion crop against attack of thrips and infection of purple blotch should be done. Need based spraying of Diethane M -45 @ 3 grams per litre of water with sticky material (Tipol 1.0 gram /litre) are advised.
• Spraying of 2 % urea is advised for proper growth of pods in the pea crop.
• To prepare seedling of early cucurbitaceous crops, seedling may be prepared in small polythene bags in poly houses. 

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. 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)