WEATHER BASED AGRO ADVISORIES FOR THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 15.05.2013 (Till Wednesday morning)

During last four days isolated rains occurred over different parts of the state. The maximum and minimum temperatures ranged between 35-44⁰C and 26-31⁰C, respectively. The highest maximum temperature of 44⁰C was recorded at Adilabad, Medak Nizamabad and Ramagundam. As per the forecast received from Meteorological Centre, Hyderabad, rain or thunder showers may occur at isolated places over different parts of the state during coming five days. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to range between 31-45⁰C and 24-31⁰C, respectively.

WEATHER BASED AGRO-ADVISORIES
Vegetable and Fruits
Chillies

• 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.

• Prevailing weather conditions are congenial for the incidence of Thrips and White flies. To control,
  Thrips
  Spray Acephate @ 1.5 g or Fipronil @ 2 ml per litre of water.
  White Flies
  Spray Trizophos @ 2 ml per litre of water.

• Incidence of fruit fly is noticed. To trap the flies in the container, hang the plastic containers with mixture of methyl eugenol @ 2 ml + carbofuran 3G @ 3g per litre of water in the orchard.

• Incidence of mite is noticed. To control, spray wettable sulphur @ 3 g or dicofol @ 5 ml or propargite @ 2 ml per litre of water.

• 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