GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA
Agromet Advisory Bulletin for Sub Tropical Conditions of Jammu Region
Issued Jointly by Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology Jammu and
India Meteorological Department
Agromet Research Centre, SKUAST-Jammu, Chatha-180009
No. Au/Am/15-16/1969-71
Bulletin No: 56/2015-16
Dated: 13-10-2015
Website: www.skuast.org
Weather Summary
Phone:0191-2263891
Reasi
Weather summary of previous 5 days
8th to12th October, 2015)
Fax: 0191-2263891
29.4-30.4
Range of Max. Temperature (0C)
18.6-19.7
0
Range of Min. Temperature ( C)
0.0
Range of Relative Humidity (%)
63-84
Rainfall (mm)
Ensembled forecast for next 5 days (0830
hrs, 14th to 18th October, 2015)
Date
Rainfall (mm)
Max. temperature (oC)
Min. temperature (oC)
Total cloud cover (Okta)
Relative humidity (17:30) (%)
Relative humidity (08:30) (%)
Wind speed (km/hr.)
Wind direction (degrees)
14/10/15
15/10/15
16/10/15
17/10/15
18/10/15
0
30
19
1
80
65
2
60
0
30
19
1
80
65
1
70
0
30
19
1
80
65
1
50
0
30
18
1
80
65
1
50
0
30
18
1
80
65
1
65
WEATHER FORECAST BASED ON AGROMET ADVISORIES W.E.F. 14th to 18th October, 2015
Crop
Stage
Fallow Land
Rice
Coarse
Weather based Agro- advisories
The fields that have been vacated after harvesting of maize and pulse crops are
required to be ploughed and planked for conservation of moisture to keep them
ready for succeeding rabi crops.
Harvest the crop when 80% of the grains turn golden and keep rice heaps in the
field for drying to allow remaining grains to mature before threshing.
Semi-fine
Physiological
maturity
Harvesting
Basmati
Milking
Maize
Harvest/post
harvest
Fodder (Berseem)
Irrigated
Sowing
Apply irrigation as per requirement of crop.
Monitor for the brown spot of rice and if noticed apply propiconazole @ 0.1%
(1ml/lt of water).
Monitor for sheath blight of rice and if noticed give foliar application of
carbendazim @ 0.1% (1gm/lt of water).
Harvest the crop. De husk the harvested cobs. Shelled grains should be properly
cleaned & dried up to <10% moisture for safe storage. Clean and disinfect
stores. Plug all holes, cracks, crevices with cement.
Sowing of berseem (Vardan, mascavi, pusa giant, BL-1) crop may be taken up.
Apply 25 tonnes/ha of FYM one week before sowing during preparatory
tillage. Apply fertilizer @50 kg P2O5 /ha and 30 kg N/ha at the time of sowing.
If the crop is sown for the first time in the field, inoculate seed with
Rhizobium (Rhizobium trifolii) culture, For the control of stem rot disease,
avoid sowing berseem crop in stem rot infested field by following 3-4 years of
crop rotation.
Spray cypermethrin @ 1ml/lt water for management of saw fly.
Oilseed
Toria
Gobi sarson/
Mustard
(Irrigated)
(Unirrigated)
Early vegetative
Use yellow sticky traps (5/kanal) for mustard aphid.
Farmers may go for thinning and hoeing in 15-20 days old crop to provide
proper spacing. Give first irrigation to 30 days old crop.
Farmers may go for sowing of Gobi Sarson and mustard. Treat the seed with
captan or thiram @ 3g/kg seed before sowing for management of alternaria
blight, white rust and downy mildew.
Apply whole quantity of phosphorus, potassium, sulphur and half of nitrogen at
the time of sowing.
Apply 2/3rd of nitrogen, whole quantity of phosphorus, potassium and sulphur
as basal dose.
GRAMIN KRISHI MAUSAM SEWA
Agromet Advisory Bulletin for Sub Tropical Conditions of Jammu Region
Issued Jointly by Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology Jammu and
India Meteorological Department
Agromet Research Centre, SKUAST-Jammu, Chatha-180009
Floriculture
Chrysanthemum
Vegetative
Spray chrysanthemum with bavistin or DM-45 @ 1gm/lt or 2gm/lt respectively
to keep away fungal diseases.
Marigold/Winter
annuals
Vegetables
Transplanting
Transplant winter season annuals and seedlings of Marigold.
Cole crops
Transplant
Peas
Midseason
sowing
Use sticky traps (5/kanal) and pheromone trap (1/kanal) for monitoring/ mass
trapping of insect pest.
Transplant all cole crops (knol khol, cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli) by 15th
of October. .
Sow mid season peas varieties (AP-3, P-89).
Garlic
Complete sowing of garlic
sowing
Leafy vegetables
Horticulture
Give initial weeding and hoeing to crops like spinach, coriander and fenugreek.
Weeding/hoeing
Young/Bearing
Mango/Citrus/
Guava
Button mushroom
(A bispora)
Compost
preparation
Spawned bags
Apiculture
Live stock:
Dairy animals,
Dr Meenakshi Gupta
Head (Agrometeorology)
Irrigate plant as and when required. Apply light dose of nitrogen to weak and
pale plants. Remove tying material from bud/graft.
Spray 2,4-D @ 10kg/lt against citrus fruit drop.
Spray streptocycline @ 100 ppm to control citrus canker in citrus plants.
Spray carbaryl 50WP @ 2 gm/lt to check fruit sucking moth in citrus.
Remove dry shoots and destroy them to control mango scale and shoot borer.
Spray copper oxychloride @3gm/lt to control anthracnose in mango.
Flood mango orchards to kill the eggs of mealy bug.
Check the prepared compost for moisture, Ph and ammonia smell. If ammonia
smell persists give one extra turning, spawm the compost accordingly.
Relative humidity level of 85% should be maintained in the cropping room and
close the cropping room for build up of carbon dioxide.
Give sugar feeding (1:1).
Migrate colonies to areas having floral resources.
Reduce wasp attack by reducing the entrance of hives and destruction of wasp
nest giving baits.
Calcium should be supplemented in the diet of dairy animal as rice straw
feeding leads to depletion of Ca levels in the blood thereby reduces milk yield
and general health condition.
Deworming of all livestock needs to be done against helminths using
fenbendazole or closantel.
Dr Veena Sharma
Technical Officer