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 05th December 2011

Past Weather									Weather Forecast
Temperature	Max temperatures were above normal.								Weather Parameter/Date		06^th	07^th	08^th	09^th	10^th
	Highest Temp		Keylong 13.1 on 01^tst Dec.						Rainfall (mm)		0	0	4	5	0
	Min temperatures were normal.								Temp (C)	Max	9	10	7	9	7
	Lowest Temp		Keylong: -2.0 on 04^th Dec							Min	-2	0	-5	0	-5
Preciptation in (mm)	The weather was mainly dry.								Cloud (Octa)		5	7	2	7	2
	Date	29^th		30^th	01^st	02^nd	03^rd	04^th	Humidity (%)	Morning	62	7	65	79	65
	Keylong	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		Evening	59	74	62	65	56
	Udaipur	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Wind speed (kmph)		6	5	5	6	5
	KeylongAWS	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	Wind direction		NE	NE	SSE	SSE	SE
	Kukumseri	0.0			0.0	0.0		0.0	7days Cumulative r/f (mm): from 06^t^h Dec. To 12^th Dec.					12mm

Main Crops	Stage	Pest/Diseases	Agricultural Advisories
Apple ,Seabukthorn	leaf fall/management in orchards	Woolyapple aphid/canker/mites	Prunning of apple and use chopatia paste on cut places. Ensure that enough moisture is there at time of fertilizer application and basins preparation otherwise wait for rains or apply in March only For control of canker use copper oxychloride (600g/200L) immediately. For the control of rats use carbofuron granules(25g/tree) near trunk before the snow fall .Prepare basins and use SSP and MOP in basins as per age of plants (220gSSP and 115gMOP for one year plant and in multiple of age thereafter. New pits for the plantations can be done
Field crops Wheat	Sowing field ploughing	-	Sowing of wheat variety Saptdhara in Miyad Tod valley can be taken up
Vegetables/Floriculture	Harvesting/Sowing	-	Bulbs of the tulip/lilium can be planted after treatment with bavistin (1.0g/L)/agrosan(0.2%).
Polyhouse	Harvesting/sowing	Fruit rot in capsicum	Close polyhouse in afternoon Use mulch for new planted leafy vegetables for early germination.
Animal husbandry	**	**	Decrease in temperature is their don’t allow to graze after 2-3PM Give concentrates to lactating animals and keep watch of water intake which can be very less Keep watch of fever Protect young animals and give concentrates for the lactating animals.