WEATHER BASED AGRO ADVISORIES FOR THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 20.05.2012 (Till Sunday morning)

During  last four days, rain occurred at few places over different parts of the state. The maximum and minimum temperatures ranged between 30-440C and 19-29⁰C. The maximum temperatures were above normal at few places of the state. The highest maximum temperature of 44⁰C was recorded at Adilabad. As per the forecast received from Meteorological Centre, Hyderabad isolated rain or thundershowers may occur over different parts of the state during coming five days. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to range between 39- 48⁰C and 27-34⁰C, respectively.

WEATHER BASED AGRO-ADVISORIES

Sugarcane

• Incidence of early shoot borer is noticed in sugarcane. To control, adopt the following IPM measures
  - Give irrigations at close intervals
  - Apply Sevidol 4G @ 8 kg per acre
  - Release parasitic complex Trichogramma chelonis @ 20,000 per acre at 30 days after transplantation, 4 times at 10 days interval.

• Prevailing weather conditions are congenial for the incidence of leaf spots and leaf blight diseases on cucurbits and tomato. If noticed control them by spraying Mancozeb @ 2.5 g per litre of water.
  
• Incidence of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) disease is noticed in tomato. To control,
  Adopt the following measures
  - Remove and destroy the affected plants
  - Prevent the disease by spraying systemic insecticides like Monocrotophos @ 1.6 ml or Dimethoate @ 2 ml per litre of water to control the insect vector.
  
• Incidence of aphids is noticed in cabbage and cauliflower. To control, spray Malathion or Dimethoate or Methyl-O-Demeton @ 2ml per litre of water.
• Incidence of thrips, mites and chaenophora blight is noticed in chillies. To control,
  Thrips
  - Spray Acephate @ 1.5 g or Fipronil @ 2 ml per litre of water.
  Mites
  - Spray Phosolone @ 2 ml per litre of water.
  Chaenophora blight
  - Spray Copper-oxy-chloride @ 30 g + Plantamycin @ 1 g in 10 litres of water twice at weekly intervals.
• Incidence of downy mildew is noticed in gourds. To control, spray Mancozeb or Propineb @ 2 g or Difenconazole @ 2 ml per litre of water.
• Incidence of thrips, mites and canker is noticed in sweet orange in Nalgonda district. To control,
  Thrips
  - Spray Dimethoate @ 1.5 ml or Imidacloprid @ 0.4 ml per litre of water.
  Mites
  - Spray Wettable Sulphur @ 3 g or Dicofol @ 4 ml or Propargite @ 2 ml per litre of water.
  Canker
  - Spray Copper – Oxy – Chloride @ 30 g + Plantamycin @ 1 g in 10 litres of water 2 to 3 times at 20 days interval.

• To minimize the summer effect, the following management practices need to be adopted
  - Arrange fans and foggers in sheds
  - Cover the sheds with paddy straw and arrange sprinklers
  - Feed poultry birds with wet mash to increase the feed intake
  - Provide cool water for drinking.

• Prevailing weather conditions are congenial for the occurrence of
  - Foot and mouth disease in cattle,
  - Sheep pox in sheep
  - Ranikhet disease in poultry
  To prevent the diseases, vaccinate the animals

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Source : Agro-Advisory given by ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY Agromet-Cell