Agro met Advisory Service Bulletin

Issued by

Meteorological Centre, Shimla

In collaboration with

CSK University of Agriculture & Animal Husbandry, Palampur & Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan

Himachal Pradesh

Dated 05^th December2011

Past Weather									Weather Forecast
Temperature	Max temperatures were normal								Weather Parameter/Date		06^th	07^th	08^th	09^th	10^th
	Highest Temp			Bhuntar 24.0on 03^rd Dec.					Rainfall (mm)		0	0	2	4	0
	Min temperatures were normal								Temp (C)	Max	20	17	19	19	17
	Lowest Temp		Bhuntar: 1.2 on 29^th Nov.							Min	2	2	2	1	1
65	The weather was mainly dry.								Cloud (Octa)		3	7	1	6	2
	Date	29^th	30^th		01^st	02^nd	03^rd	04^th	Humidity (%)	Morning	61	73	64	71	65
	Bhuntar	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		Evening	49	62	58	66	52
	Banjar	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Wind speed (kmph)		3	4	5	4	5
	Manali	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Wind direction		SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE
	Seobagh	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7days Cumulative r/f (mm): from 06^t^h Dec. To 12^th Dec.					11mm

Apple & Others

1. For the leaf shedding in Scab affected apple plants spray 10 kg Urea per 200 liters of water. For the plantation of new orchards after selection of the site do layout for digging the pits within time.

2. Remove the new growth from the root stocks in the temperate fruits plants. For plantation of new orchard dig the pits of one cubic meter dimensions.

3. Where there was heavy crop of apple, after fruit harvesting within ten day spray 2kg Urea + 600 gm Copper Oxychloride per 200 liters of water. This spay will control the canker and make the plant strong.

4. To control the Wooly Aphid spray EKTARA @ 200 gm per 200 liters of water. And if roots are affected by this insect then irrigate the plant basin with Chlorpyriphos 3 ml in 200 liters of water.

5. Open the roots of the plants affected by root borer and kill all the grubs also irrigate the plant basin with the mixture of Chlorpyriphos 5 ml in 200 liters of water.

6. Give packing of grass, gunny bags etc in apiaries.