Expert Advisory Details

PAU Advisory for Upcoming days

Forecast for coming week: Weather likely to be dry during next 48 hours and light to moderate rain thundershowers likely at isolated places thereafter in the state.

Warning: Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and gusty winds (wind speed 30-40 kmph) likely at isolated places on 19th & 20th in the state.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Rain/thundershowers likely at isolated places in the state

WEATHER CROP OUTLOOK: Apply light and frequent irrigations to fruit plants and vegetable crops.

FIELD CROPS

Cotton: Eradicate the weeds like kanghi buti, peeli buti, puth kanda etc. growing on field bunds, waste lands, road side and irrigation channels/canals to avoid further spread of whitefly to cotton fields.

• Whitefly also attacks other alternate host crops like brinjal, potato, tomato, okra, moong, mash and guar. Regular surveillance should be done for timely management of whitefly on these crops. Regular surveillance of whitefly on cotton should also be done.

Rice: Transplanting of rice can start during the period.

• To manage foot rot in Basmati rice, treat the seed with Trichoderma harzianum @ 15g/kg before sowing seedings on the field. Dip the nursery roots in solution of Trichoderma harzianum @ 15g/ litres of water for 6 hours before transplanting.

Sugarcane: Due to prevailing hot weather conditions, sugarcane crop require frequent irrigations at 8 to 10 days interval.

• To manage termite in sugarcane 45 days after sowing, sprinkle imadachloprid 17.8 SL in 400 litres of water alongside the rows.

Vegetables: It is the time sowing of okra and cucurbits such as cucumber, bottle gourd, sponge gourd, pumpkin etc.

Fruits: Apply light and frequent irrigations to fruit plants such as pear, citrus, late bearing peach

Apply whitewash to tree trunks to protect them intense solar radiations.

Apply recommended dose of FYM and inorganic fertilisers to guava plants if not applied earlier.