10complete sowing of Barseem (fodder). Due to favourable weather transplanting of mainseason varieties of cauliflower and cabbage and sowing of radish, turnip and carrot.Give need based irrigation to sugarcane crop.‣ Farmers of Himachal Pradesh are advised to make arrangement for immediateharvesting of apple, pomegranates, ragmash, beans, vegetables, potato. Nursery bedspreparation and subsequently sowing of seeds of cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli etc.may be done. Direct sowing of carrot, raddish, early peas and Palak can also be doneduring this period. Light earthing up followed by light irrigation is also advised inginger and turmeric. Farmers of the sub-montane and low hill area are advised tocomplete sowing of toria and berseem, and take up sowing of potato, Gobhi sarson, andbarley. In the high hills, Kalazira and saffron are near maturity so do not allow waterstagnation.‣ Farmers in Jammu & Kashmir are advised to undertake harvesting of matured rice,matured pods of pulses, early sown maize, bajra, oilseeds and kharif vegetables.Farmers are also advised sowing of spinach and methi. Undertake nursery sowing ofcabbage, chinese cabbage, kale, planting of roots seed of Beet leaf and harvesting ofonion, garlic, potatos, summer squash, cottle gourd, okra and cucumber under greenhouse conditions in cold arid zone (Leh). In fallow lands, conservation of soil moistureinsitu condition for the sowing of rabi crops is advised. Make arrangements for properdrainage of water from the orchards.‣ Farmers in Bhabar and Tarai Zone of Uttarakhand are advised to continue sowing ofvegetable pea at high hills, planting of potato and also continue sowing of earlyvegetable pea, mustard, berseem, toria and garlic under optimum soil moistureconditions.‣ Farmers in Bhabar and Tarai Zone of Uttarakhand are advised to complete sowing ofRajmash crop.‣ Farmers in Rajasthan are advised to undertake field preparation for sowing of Ajwain,taramira, rainfed taramira, toria, pea, gram, mustard, fennel (saunf). They are alsoadvised to undertake seed bed preparation for raising nursery of vegetables viz. chilli,brinjal, palak, pea, cabbage, coriander, radish, onion and tomato for rabi season.Farmers are advised to start field preparation for sowing of wheat, oats and barley andprocure improved varieties of mustard, lentil, gram and potato tubers. In commandareas of southern humid plain zone, farmers are advised to go for sowing of maize forfodder or for green cobs before sowing of wheat.‣ In Southern Humid Plain Zone (Banswara), due to bright sun shine, crop damages dueto excess rains is expected to cover to some extent with extended maturity periodspecially in soybean & cotton, irrigation as per need at square formation is advised tofarmers.‣ In Semi Arid Eastern Plain Zone (Jaipur), Cauliflower is affected with leaf eatinginsects like sawfly, flea betel and lemon butterfly. Farmers are advised to sprayMelathion 5% or Carboryl 5% dust @ 20 kg /ha. Tomato crop is also affected withblight attack. Blight attack causes brownish spot on leaves. To control blight sprayMencozeb @ 2 gm or copper oxychloride @ 3 gm per litre water. Stem fly is likely toattack early sown pea. Maggots of this insect bore into the stem. To control this insectfarmers are advised to broadcast forate 10 G @ 10-15 kg ha -1 .‣ In Semi Arid Eastern Plain Zone (Jaipur), looking into the forecast of rise in meantemperature above 25 o C, the sowing of gram and mustard may be delayed tilltemperature become suitable for the sowing.‣ In the sub montane zone of Himachal Pradesh attack of Fruit borer is observed inbhindi and brinjal. Farmers are advised to spray carbaryl 50wp @2g per litre of wateror endosulphon @1.5ml per litre of water. Observe 7 days waiting period for picking offruits.
11‣ Farmers of the mid hills zone of Solan in Himachal Pradesh are advised to spraytriazophos 0.15% (375 ml Hostathion 40 EC) or Acephate 0.15% (200 gram astof) orFenvalrate 0.02% (100 ml fanvel/ Agrofen 20 EC) or deltamethrin 0.0056% (200 mldecis 2.8 EC) per 100 litre of water at 15 days interval for the control of leafminer intomato. For the control of Jassids in okra spray malathion 0.05% ( 100 mlcythion/malathion/masthion 50 EC) or endosulfan 0.05% (140 mlthiodan/Hildan/Endocil/Endovan 35 EC) in 100 litre of water at 15 days of interval.‣ Farmers are advised to monitor sugarcane for the attack of pyrilla in Punjab andHaryana. Take proper plant protection measures.‣ Due to high humidity there is possibility of attack of Jassid and Sundi in cotton cropin Haryana. Take proper plant protection measures.‣ In Delhi Monitoring of cucurbitaceous crops against attack of fruit fly isrecommended in present weather condition. After detecting the symptoms, sprayingof Carbaryl @ 1.5 to 2 gram /litre of water is advised. In vegetables (brinjal,cauliflower, cabbage, tomato etc) spraying of Spinosad 1.0 ml / 4 litre of water isadvised against fruit borer, diamond back moth. Termites may damage crops andvegetables in the present weather. Farmers are advised to spray Chlorpyriphos 20EC @ 4ml/litre of water.‣ In Delhi present weather conditions, rouging of viral infested crop should be donein chilli. Infected plants should be uprooted and buried in the soil. After rouging,spraying of Imidacloprid @ 0.3 ml per litre of water is advised for control thevector. Also, constant monitoring of ladyfinger, brinjal and chilli crop is advisedagainst attack of mite and jassid. Spraying of phosmite @ 1.5 - 2 ml per litre ofwater is advised to control mite. Spraying of Dimethoate 30 EC @ 2 ml/liter ofwater against jassid is advised.‣ Stages of major crops are mentioned in Annexure I.Animal Husbandary‣ In Punjab, during hot and humid climate may lead to conditions of ring worm & otherproblems in animals so farmers are advised to keep the animals clean and dry alsoprotect wounds from flies to avoid maggots’ infestation.‣ To check tick infection spray Asuntol 0.05%, Butox 0.02% and Taktic 0.02% on theanimals as well as in the sheds and repeat the spray after 10-15 days.‣ Due to changing environment milch and baby animals are likely to be affected withinfection of respiratory tracts in In Semi Arid Eastern Plain Zone of Jaipur in Rajasthan.If symptoms like droppings from nose, fever etc. are seen in animals, a three dayscourse of Cproflaxin, Anorflaxin or Sulpha may be given under the guidance ofveterinary doctor.SOUTH INDIA [TN, AP, KERALA, KARNATAKA, LAKSHADWEEP, ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS] Realised Rainfall: Dakshin Kannada and Udipi in Coastal Karnataka, Belgaum andHaveri in North Interior Karnataka, most of the districts in South Interior Karnatakaexcept Bellary and Davangere districts, Kannur, Ernakulam, Kasaragod, Kozhikode andMalappuram in Kerala, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Karur, Madurai, Nagapatinam,Namakkal, Nilgiris, Salem, Tirupur, Tiruvannamalai and Virudunagar in Tamil Nadu,Nellore, Prakasam in Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Anantapur in Rayalaseema receivedsufficient rainfall. No significant rainfall occurred in the remaining parts of the region.