Pune Agromet Advisory -
Livestock
Animal Management
- The incidence of infectious diseases rises during the monsoon season.
- Therefore, timely vaccination based on veterinary advice protects livestock from diseases and helps avoid potential financial losses.
- Immediate veterinary consultation should be sought if animals exhibit symptoms such as loss of appetite, fever, diarrhea, or signs of parasitic infestation.
- Although internal worm populations multiply rapidly during the monsoon, systematic deworming reduces infestation, improves animal growth, and enhances productivity.
Banana
Sigatoka disease
- For the control of Sigatoka disease:
- Remove and burn the infected parts of leaves or the entire leaves.
- Take a first spray of 25 gm mancozeb 75% WP, or 25 gm copper oxychloride 50% WP and second spray of 5ml propiconazole plus 100 ml mineral oil per 10 liters of water.
Cucumber mosaic
- For the control of cucumber mosaic (infectious) viral disease: As soon as an infestation is observed, uproot the infected plants and destroy them by burning or burying them in the ground.
- Since this disease spreads via aphids, for its control spray 5 ml imidacloprid per 10 liters of water.
Bacterial corm rot
- For the control of bacterial corm rot: mix 4 gm of bleaching powder in 0.5 liters of water and apply it as a soil drench around each plant.
Soybean
Fertilizer Management
- Ensure proper drainage of excess rainwater from the soybean crop.
- If the crop turns yellow, drain the water and during a break in the rain spray a solution of 2% urea or 1% of 19:19:19 fertilizer.
- Keep the crop weed-free by performing inter-cultivation operations like weeding or hoeing 15 to 20 days after sowing.
Sucking pests
- To control sap-sucking pests during cloudy weather, spray a 5% neem extract; additionally, for effective control of aphids, spray Flonicamid 50% WG 4 grams per 10 liters of water when there are no rains.
Leaf-eating caterpillars
- To control leaf-eating caterpillars, spray flubendiamide 39.35% SC at a dosage of 3 ml per 10 liters of water.
Cotton
Whitefly
- For control of whitefly, spray flonicamid 50 WG, 2 gm or diafenthiuron 50 WP, 12 gm or buprofezin 25 SC, 20 ml or neem extract 50 ml per 10 liters of water.
Pink bollworm
- To control the pink bollworm, install 8–10 pheromone traps per acre.
- Apply the second dose of nitrogen 30 days after sowing.
Sucking pests
- Implement preventive measures, such as spraying neem ark to avoid infestations of sap sucking pests and use 8 to 10 yellow sticky traps per acre.
Black Gram
Sucking pests
- For control of sap-sucking pests, spray a 5% neem extract and use 8 to 10 yellow sticky traps per acre.
Groundnut
Sucking pests
- Keep the crop weed-free by carrying out inter-cultivation practices such as weeding and hoeing as needed.
- To prevent infestation by sap-sucking pests, install 8 to 10 yellow sticky traps and 8 to 10 pheromone traps per acre.
- Apply 80 kg of gypsum per acre during the stage between flowering and peg formation.
- Twenty days after germination, spray the herbicide imazethapyr 10% SL, 2 ml per liter of water.
Maize
American Army worm
- To prevent infestation by pests, install 8 to 10 pheromone traps per acre.
- For control of american armyworm, spray a mixture of spinetoram 11.7% SC, 5 ml, broflanilide 20% SC, 2.5 ml, isoocycloseram 18.1 SC, 6 ml, or emamectin benzoate 1.5% + profenofos 35% WDG, 15 gm per 10 liters of water.
Brinjal
Sucking pests
- For control of sap-sucking pests (such as jassids), spray cypermethrin 25% EC, 4 ml or flonicamid 50% WG, 4 gm or afidopyropen 50 DC, 20 ml per 10 liters of water, ensuring the application is done during a break in the rainfall.
Ber
Powdery mildew
- Due to cloudy weather, for control of powdery mildew, spray 10 gram, carbendazim per 10 liters of water.
Source: State agriculture departments and ICAR agro-meteorological units, based on India Meteorological Department (IMD) medium-range weather forecasts · View source →. Updated: weekly or bi-weekly per advisory cycle · Report an error