Expert Advisory Details

PAU Advisory for Upcoming days

Forecast for coming week: Light to moderate rain/thundershowers likely at isolated places of Punjab on 23rd; few places on 24th & at many places on 25th and 26th and at isolated places thereafter.

Warning: Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & gusty winds (wind speed 30-40 kmph) likely at isolated places on 23rd and thunderstorm accompanied with lightning likely at isolated places on 24th & 25th in the state. Heavy rain at isolated places on 24th - 26th in the state.

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

WEATHER CROP OUTLOOK: Monsoon is expecting to hit Punjab in coming 48 hours, so farmers are advised to complete transplanting of rice during these days to utilize the rain water.

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.

Rice: Farmers are advised to complete transplanting of rice during the period.

• Use recommended weedicides to control weeds by mixing with 60 kg of sand/acre in standing water within 2-3 days of transplanting.
• Use PAU-Leaf colour chart for need based urea application.
• To manage foot rot in Basmati rice, treat the seed with Trichoderma harzianum @ 15g/kg before sowing. Dip the seedling’s roots in solution of Trichoderma harzianum @ 15g/ litres of water for 6 hours before transplanting.

Sugarcane: Check black bug especially on ratoon crop by spraying 350 ml Dursban/Lethal/Massban/Goldban 20EC (chlorpyriphos) in 400 litres of water per acre. Direct the spray into the leaf whorl.

Maize: Control maize borer by spraying 30ml Coragen 18.5SC in 60 litres of water per acre. Trichogramma, a bioagent can also be used as recommended by PAU.

• To manage fall armyworm on grain crop, spray Coragen 18.5SC @ 0.4ml per litre water or Delegate 11.7sc (spinetoram)@0.5ml per litre or Missile 5SG (emamectin benzoate) @0.4g/litre using 120 litres of water per acre for crop upto 20 days old. For effective control direct the nozzle towards the whorl. On fodder crop spray Coragen 18.5SC @ 0.4ml per litre water. Don’t harvest fodder till 21 days after insecticide application.

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

• Jassid in okra (Bhindi) can be managed by spraying once or twice at fortnightly interval with 40 ml confidor 17.8SL (imidacloprid) or 40 g Actara 25WG (thiamethoxam) in 100-125 litres of water per acre.

Fruits: Monsoon is expected to arrive in next 48 hours, farmers can delay irrigations to fruit plants such as pear, citrus, litchi, mango, late bearing peach.

• Apply recommended dose of inorganic fertilizers to guava plants if not applied earlier.
• Bagging of individual mature green and hard fruits of guava with white coloured non-wooven bags during these days will protect the fruits from fruit fly damage. Continuously remove and burry the infected fruits from orchards.