Crop Information and Agromet Advisory for The State of Haryana

Agromet advisory refers to the guidance and recommendations given to farmers and other agricultural stakeholders based on the interpretation of weather and climate data. It is a specialized field that combines meteorological knowledge with agriculture, to provide information on the impact of weather and climate on crops and livestock.

Agromet advisories aim to help farmers and other stakeholders to make informed decisions about when to plant, irrigate, fertilize, harvest, or protect their crops from pests and diseases, based on the expected weather and climatic conditions. These advisories also help in minimizing the potential risks associated with adverse weather events such as droughts, floods, and extreme temperatures.

Let’s take a look at the Agromet Advisory for The State of Haryana:

Name of Crop	Stage
Wheat	Milk Dough Stage
Oilseeds	Pod Maturity
Vegetables	General
Horticulture	General

General Agromet Advisory:

Apply light irrigation to the crops to protect them from the adverse effect of high temperatures.

Regularly survey the wheat crop for the occurrence of yellow rust.

Crop Advisories and Plant Protection:

WHEAT:-

Apply light irrigation to the crop to protect it from the adverse effect of high temperatures when the weather clears up.

The farmers can also apply two sprays of 2% Potassium nitrate (13:0:45) by dissolving 4 kg potassium nitrate in 200 litres of water at boot leaf and anthesis stages or two sprays of salicylic acid by dissolving 15 grams of salicylic acid in 450 ml of ethyl alcohol using 200 litres of water per acre at boot leaf and early milk stages to mitigate the effect of high temperature at grain filling and enhance the wheat yield.

OILSEEDS:-

As temperatures are rising, keenly observe the crop.

When mustard plants infestation by aphids reaches 40-50%, spray 40 g Actara 25 WG or 400 ml of Rogor 30 EC or 600 ml Dursban/Coroban 20EC in 80-125 litres of water per acre. Rogor can also be used to control leaf miners.

SUGARCANE:-

Apply light irrigations to the sugarcane crop regularly. The ratoon crop should also be irrigated properly.

VEGETABLES:-

Transplant the nurseries of chilli, brinjal, and polythene/plug tray planted cucurbits in the field conditions by following recommended package of practices.

It is also the right time for direct sowing of okra and cowpea and cucurbits like muskmelon, cucumber, bitter gourd bottle gourd, pumpkin, sponge gourd, squashes, etc.

FRUITS:-

As the temperature is rising day by day, apply light irrigation to ber, citrus, pear, peach, plum, etc., and apply recommended doses of second split inorganic fertilizers.

Regularly monitor the incidence of sucking pests in different fruit plants and manage these as per the recommendations.

To control citrus psylla, spray 200 ml Crocodile/Confidor 17.8 SL or 160g Actara/Dotara 25 WG or 6.25 litres MAK HMO in 500 litres of water per acre basis on spring flush in citrus.

Planting of evergreen fruit plants like citrus, mango, guava, loquat, ber, etc. can be also done in this period.
To check foot rot of citrus (gummosis) drench the affected trees with 25 g Curzate M-8 in 10 litres of water per tree.

Application of sodium hypochlorite (5%) @ 50ml per tree in 10 litres of water can be done on the main trunk and on the soil surface under the canopy of trees.

For management of the mango hopper, spray 200 ml Confidor 17.8 SL in 500 litres of water per acre basis on spring flush before the opening of the flowers.