Year 32, No: - 33/2025-26/Tue.                                                      Time: 2.30 PM                                                                                                Date- 22nd July, 2025

Weather during current week (From 16th to 22nd July, 2025)

      Cloudy weather conditions were observed during the week except a rainfall of 1.5 mm on 17th July, 13.5 mm on 18th July and 8.3 mm on 19th July was recorded at the institute observatory. Maximum temperature ranged between 32.9 °C and 35.2 °C (weekly normal 34.3 °C). Minimum temperature ranged between 24.2 °C and 27.4 °C (weekly normal 26.4 °C). Relative humidity at 7.21 AM ranged between 75 and 91 percent and that at 2.21 PM ranged between 64 and 87 percent. The average bright sunshine hour during the week was 5.1 hours per day (weekly normal 4.1 hours). The average wind speed recorded was 5.2 km/h (normal 4.6 km/h). Mean evaporation rate during the period was 5.4 mm/day (weekly normal 5.0 mm/day). Wind during morning and evening it was from different directions.

Weather based Agromet-Advisories (for the period ending on 27th July, 2025) 

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

• Keeping rainfall forecast in mind farmers are advised not to do any type of spray and do proper management in standing crops and vegetable nurseries. Proper drainage should be maintained in pulses crop and vegetable nurseries.
• Farmers are advice to transplant 20-25 days old paddy seedling in prepared fields as earliest 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. Farmers are advised to make bund for conserving rain water in the field. Bund should be higher and wider so that more rain water can be conserved in the field. 
• In the paddy plants in the field started turning yellow i.e. top leaves turned yellow and bottom leaves remained green, farmers may spray zinc sulphate solution (6.0 kg zinc sulphate dissolved in 300 litres of water / ha.).
• Farmers should do weeding and hoeing in the standing crops and vegetables to protect them from weeds keeping in mind their rapid growth in the rainy season. Farmers are also advised to monitor all crops regularly against white flies and sucking pests.
• This is most suitable time to grow fodder sorghum specially Pusa chari-9, Pusa chari-6 or other hybrids. Seed rate should be 20 kg/ha. 
• Transplanting of brinjal, tomato, chilli and early cauliflower on ridge is advised for those farmers whose seedlings are ready. Proper drainage should be done in the fields.
• Farmers are advised for sowing of guar (Pusa Navbahar, Durga Bahar), radish (Pusa Chetki), cluster bean (Pusa Komal), Beans (Pusa Sem 2, Pusa Sem 3), spinach (Pusa Bharti), amaranths (Pusa lal Chaulai, Pusa Kiran) and ladyfinger (Pusa A-4) on ridges. They are also advised to procure good quality seeds from certified sources. Proper drainage should be done in the fields.
• Rainy season onion should be transplant or direct sown in the prepared fields. Proper drainage should be done in the fields.
• Farmers are advised for sowing of sweet corn (Madhuri, win orange) and baby corn (HM-4) in this week. Proper drainage should be done in the fields. 
• Bees are important source for pollination in vegetable crops therefore, bee keeping should be promoted. Constant monitoring of the crops should be done for insect and disease. Farmers should take advice from the nearest KVKs for use of insecticides and other information regarding the crops. 
• Farmers are advised to use light trap to keep a check on pest population. This causes less damage to useful insects. For making a light trap, a bulb should be fixed above a tumbler (either plastic or tin) having a mixture of water and few drops of any insecticide. The insects get attracted towards the light, fall in the solution and die. 
• Farmers are advised to prepare marigold nursery (Pusa narngi) in net house. Proper drainage should be done in the fields.
• Farmers who want to establish new orchard gardens (Mango, citrus and guava) are advised for transplanting of plants from recognized sources. 
• Farmers are advised to do proper arrangement for storing rain water at one portion in the field; this water can be used for irrigation in the crops at suitable time during dry spell.

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)