District Agromet Advisory Service
Regional Research & Technology Transfer Station (RRTTS)
Western Undulating Zone , Bhawanipatna
Dist : Kalahandi, Orissa – 766001
Letter No.84(27)/RRTTS, Dt.22.10.2013
Bulletin No.84/2013
WEEK NO.43
AGROMET ADVISORY BULLETIN
Bhawanipatna
Tuesday/Dt.22.10.2013
Weather Forecasting Up to: 27.10.2013
Nuapara District: According to IMD Bhubaneswar 16mm cumulative rain is expected from 23.10.13 to 27.10.13 and no rain on
24.10.13 to 25.10.13. Sky will remain mainly cloudy from 23.10.13 to 27.10.13.Wind will blow from N-E and S-E direction with speed of 002-007 km/hr. Maximum temperature will vary around 28-29 0 C and minimum temperature will be around 20-21 0 C.
Maximum RH will vary between 95-99% and minimum RH will vary between 68-85%.
Weather parameter 23/10 24/10 25/10
Rainfall (mm)
Max. Temperature ( 0 C)
Min. Temperature ( 0 C)
Total cloud cover (octa)
Max. Relative Humidity (%)
Min. Relative Humidity (%)
3
29
21
7
99
85
0
28
20
6
98
68
0
28
20
7
95
75
26/10
7
29
20
6
97
76
27/10
6
29
21
7
98
75
Wind speed (Kmph)
Wind direction(deg)
007
58
006
83
004
104
004
123
002
119
Agro met - Advisory (For
District)
1.
Go for transplanting of rabi vegetable crops.
2.
Keep water in paddy field upto 2.5 to 5.0cm till milking stage. Maintain saturation at grain filling stage. Drain water at ripening stage. Go for irrigation if field is dry at flowering and milking stage.
3. Harvest maize and cotton. Sundry for 2-3 days .
Kharif paddy:
1. The direct seeded paddy crop is at grain maturity to ripening stage. Maintain saturation at grain maturity stage and drain water from field at ripening stage.
2. The transplanted paddy crop is at twelve to fourteen week stage. The medium and late duration paddy is at late PI to milking stage
and early duration paddy is at grain maturity to ripening stage. Drain water from field at ripening stage.
3. Stem borer attack has been noticed during this period in paddy. Spray with monocrotophos / chloropyriphos @2ml/lit water after.
4. BPH and GLH occurs during this period. Spray imidacloprid 1ml/4lit water for controlling BPH and GLH.
Sugarcane:
1.
The sugarcane plant is at grand growth stage (thirty two to thirty four week stage).
3. Red rot disease in sugarcane occurs at grand growth stage. Bunding of affected field should be done to avoid movement of rain or
floodwater from affected field to non affected field. Destroy trashes from the infected plant by burning and spray carbendazim
@2g/lit of water. Severely affected plants or canes should be uprooted and destroyed.
Maize:
1.
The crop is at harvesting stage. Harvest the matured cobs when the husk becomes dry and sundry the cobs after dehusking. Shelling should be done with power maize sheller or manual sheller. Again dry the crops to bring the moisture content to 10-12% for safe storage.
Cotton:
1.
Complete plucking from the matured open bolls immediately as light rain is expected on 23 rd , 26 th and 27 th ..
2.
The crop is at fifteen to seventeen week (flowering, boll formation to boll bursting stage) stage. To monitor the movement of spodoptera use spodo lure in pheromone trap @ 2nos per acre.
3.
Spray Acephate 2g/lit along with stcker 0.5ml/lit of water to control Jassids in cotton
4.
Go for spraying 2% DAP for better boll development.
Arhar:
1.
The crop is at grand growth (fifteen to seventeen week) stage.
Green gram and Blackgram :
1. The crop is at three to four week stage. Spray chloropyriphos@2ml/ lit water to control leaf eating caterpillar.

Vegetables:
1.
Go for sowing and transplanting rabi vegetables.
2.
The rabi crops are in nursery bed is at four to five week stage.
3.
Go for field preparation for planting tomato, cabbage and cauliflower at 3-4 week stage. Apply 4ton FYM/acre before final ploughing.
4.
After final land preparation of the main field rings or mounds should be prepared at spacing of 60cm from row to row and 45cm from plant to plant within the row for tomato. (Fertiliser dose for tomato is 125:60:100 N:P
2
O
5
:K
2
O Kg/ha.) Basal dose of 31.25kg
N, 60kg P
2
O
5 and 100kg K
2
O per ha should be applied to the rings or mounds before transplanting tomato seedlings. Taking into account the available fertilizer in market apply 130kg DAP, 17kg Urea and 166kg MOP before transplanting seedlings to mounds.
5.
Cabbage should be transplanted at spacing of 45cm ×45cm and cauliflower at 60cm×45cm.Fertikiser dose for both the crops is
125:50:75kg/ha N:P
2
O
5
:K
2
O.During transplanting 31.25kg N,50kg P2O5 and 37.5kgK
2
O should be applied. Taking into account the available fertilizer in market apply 108kg DAP, 25kg Urea and 62kg MOP before transplanting.
Sd/-
Associate Director of Research .