Year 31, No: - 81/2024-25/Tue.                                                                                                      Time: 2.30 PM                                                                                                                  Date- 07th January, 2025

Weather during current week (From 01st January to 07th January, 2025)

                 Foggy weather conditions were observed during the week. Rainfall of 0.4 mm on 06th January, was recorded at the institute observatory.  Maximum temperature ranged between 15.2 °C and 19.4 °C (weekly normal 18.6 °C). Minimum temperature ranged between 5.0 °C and 8.3 °C (weekly normal 6.1 °C). Relative humidity at 7.21 AM ranged between 89 and 95 percent and that at 2.21 PM ranged between 80 and 87 percent. The average bright sunshine hour during the week was 1.6 hours per day (weekly normal 2.9 hours). The average wind speed recorded was 4.0 km/h (normal 2.7 km/h). Mean evaporation rate during the period was 1.1 mm/day (weekly normal 1.7 mm/day). Wind during morning and evening was from different directions.

Weather based Agromet-Advisories (for the period ending on 12th January, 2025) 

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

• Keeping past days’ rainfall in view, farmers are advised to stop irrigation and all type of sprays in all the standing crops. 
• Thinning and weeding is recommended in late sown mustard crop. If low temperature continues for two weeks, white rust infection may start. Therefore, farmers are advised to keep observation on leaves for white rust appearance.
• Transplantation of onion should be done in this week. Farmers are advised to uses fully decomposed FYM and potash fertilizer in the fields before transplanting. 
• Keeping in view weather, farmers are advised for application of fertilizer and earthing up in potato crop.
• Due to high relative humidity, infection of blight may occur in potato and tomato. Farmers are advised to do constant monitoring in both the crops. If symptoms appear than spray of Dithane-M-45 @ 2.0 gm / litre of water is recommended, when sky remains clear.
• Transplanting of mature seedlings of tomato, cauliflower, cabbage, knolkhol and broccoli crop may be done in the raised bed.
• Constant monitoring of leaf feeders in Cole crop is advised. If pest population is above ETL than Spray of B.t. @ 1.0 gram\ litre of water or Spinosad @1 ml \ 3 litre of water is advised, when sky remains clear.
• Wrapping of plastic sheets around mango trunk should be done for preventing climbing of young mealy bugs. Apply grease to seal any cracks in the polythene sheets. 
• Due to high relative humidity farmers are advised for constant monitoring of inflorescence rotting disease in marigold crop.

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)