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

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

                 Cloudy weather conditions were observed during the week. Except a rainfall of 18.6 mm on 21st July, 12.4 mm on 22nd July and 4.3 mm on 23rd July, was recorded at the institute observatory. Maximum temperature ranged between 30.9°C and 38.9°C (weekly normal 34.3°C). Minimum temperature ranged between 24.8°C and 29.5°C (weekly normal 26.4°C). Relative humidity at 7.21 AM ranged between 64 and 98 percent and that at 2.21 PM ranged between 50 and 89 percent. The average bright sunshine hour during the week was 2.5 hours per day (weekly normal 4.1 hours). The average wind speed recorded was 6.0 km/h (normal 4.6 km/h). Mean evaporation rate during the period was 6.5 mm/day (weekly normal 5.0 mm/day). Wind during morning and evening was from different directions.

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

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

• Keeping rainfall forecast in mind farmers are advised for proper management of drainage in vegetable nurseries, pulses and other crops. Stop all type of sprays in standing crops.
• Hoeing and weeding should be done in all kharif crops, it improves the root growth and save the water consumption.
• Farmers are advice to transplant 20-25 days old paddy seedling in prepared fields with spacing of 20 x 10 (R x P) cm. Nitrogen 100 kg. /ha, Phosphorus 60 kg. /ha, Potash 40 kg. /ha and zinc sulphate 25 kg/ ha should be use before transplanting. Add one packet/acre of Blue Green Algae (BGA) in those fields of paddy where standing water is available, as it is rich source of nitrogen.
• In the paddy nursery, if upper leaves of the paddy seedlings become yellow and lower leaves remain green, it indicates the iron deficiency. To overcome this problem, spray of ferrous sulphate @ 0.5 % with 0.25% lime solution is recommended. 
• In present weather condition farmers are advised for sowing of maize crop. Hybrids Varieties: AH-421, AH-58, Composites Varieties: Pusa composite-3, Pusa composite-4. Procure good quality seeds from certified sources. Seed rate should be 20 kg/ha. It is also advised to maintain row to row spacing of 60-75 cm. and plant to plant 18-25 cm. Spray of Atrazine 1-1.5 kg a.i/ha. in 800 litre of water is recommended when sky remains clear for effective weed control in maize.
• This is most suitable time to grow fodder sorghum specially Pusa chari-9, Pusa chari-6 or other hybrids. Procure good quality seeds from certified sources. Seed rate should be 40 kg/ha Fodder crop lobia can also be sown in this week.
• Farmers are advised for preparation of nursery for chilli, brinjal and early cauliflower (maturing in the month of September). It is also advised to use shed nets, which helps in reducing vector borne diseases and produce healthy seedlings. Nursery should be covered by net at the height of 6.5 feet for protection against sunlight. 
• It is most suitable time to start sowing of rainy season cucurbits crop. Hybrids varieties, Bottle Gourd- Pusa Naveen, Pusa Samridhi, Bitter Gourd- Pusa Visesh, Pusa-2 Mosumi, Pumpkin- Pusa Visvash, Pusa Vikash, Ridge Gourd- Pusa Chikni, Cucumber- Pusa Uday, Pusa Barkha etc.
• In present weather conditions, rouging of viral infested crop should be done in chilli. Infected plants should be uprooted and buried in the soil. After rouging, spraying of Imidacloprid @ 0.3 ml per litre of water is advised to control the vector when sky remains clear.
• Farmers who want to establish new orchards in this rainy season are advised to dig the pits 1mx1mx1m and fill these with well decomposed FYM. The pits should be treated with 5.0 ml of chlorpyrifos 20 EC per litre water to prevent termite and white grub. Transplanting of good quality plants procured from certified sources should be done in this week.
• Before sowing of any crop, farmers are advised for application of well decomposed FYM or compost, it increases the water use efficiency as well as nutrient quantity in the soil. Use balance amount of fertilizers after soil testing. Farmers are also advised to increase the amount of potash it helps in m 67111 ``inimizing the losses due to the moisture stress during dry spell. In rain fed areas, use of mulches is beneficial for conservation of moisture in the soil.

Members of Agro advisory Committee                         

Dr. Ananta Vashisth (Nodal Officer, Agricultural Physics)

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