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DISTRICT LEVEL AGROMET ADVISORY SERVICE
BULLETIN FOR KASHMIR (J&K) (Period 31st July – 4thAugust, 2021)
Issued jointly by
AGROMET FIELD UNIT-SRINAGAR
Section of Agronomy & Indian Meteorological Department (Tele-fax: 0194-2461551; e- mail: [email protected])
Bulletin No: 51/2021
No: Au/Agromet/GKMS/2021/51 Date: 30thJuly, 2021
Weather for the past seven days
Total Precipitation (mm) 83.8 (mm)
Maximum temperature (0C) 24.0 – 34.6
Minimum temperature (0C) 18.0 – 22.0
Relative humidity (%) 65 -93 (Morning) and 46 - 76 (Evening)
Wind speed (km/hours) 0.8 – 3.3
Follow SOPs for Covid-19
DISTRICT-WISE AGRO ADVISORY BULLETIN
Srinagar Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 04.08.2021
Parameters 31
01
02
03
04
Rainfall (mm) 5 3 2 3 2 Max. Temp. (deg. C) 29 30 30 30 30
Min. Temp. (deg. C) 20 21 21 21 21
Max. Relative humidity (%) 90 90 90 90 90
Min. Relative humidity (%) 65 60 60 60 60
Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1
Wind direction (deg.) 105 95 95 98 99
Total cloud cover (octa) 8 7 6 7 6
Fodder crops Sowing Intercultural operations in fodder kharif crops i.e Sorghum,
Bajra and Fodder maize should be carried out only when
the soil becomes workable. If the crop has reached knee
high stage apply urea @ 5 kg/kanal as top dose in case of
fodder cereals and 3 kg/ kanal in fodder cereal-legume
mixtures only after weather becomes favourable.
Rice Maintenance Apply 2nd top dose of urea 55 to 60 DAT @ 3.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in lower belts, 2.25 kg (per
Weather Summary of the Previous Bulletin Weather forecast valid up to 4thAugust , 2021
There was 83.8(mm) precipitation in previous week.
Maximum temperature ranged between (24.0 to 34.6)0C
and minimum between (18.0 to 22.0)0C respectively.
Light rainfall is expected from 31stJuly to 4thAugust,
2021. Day temperature shall range between (26 to 30)
whereas night temperature shall range between (18 to
21)0C. The sky will remain clear with mild wind. The
relative humidity will remain 90-95% and 60-70 over the
entire valley.
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kanal) for varieties planted in higher belts and 2.45 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in water logged conditions after
transplantation.
Maize (grain) Care & Maintenance Irrigated: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 4.0 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 3.25 kg (per kanal) for composites
Rainfed: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 2.5 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 2.0 kg (per kanal) for composites.
Saffron Care & Maintenance Uprooting of corms for fresh plantation should be done in
1st fortnight of July. Ensure safe storage of corms under
ambient room conditions in cool places with proper
aeration. Spread corms as thin layer on gunny bags.
Ensure sorting of bigger (>8g) and healthy corms by 2nd
fortnight of July. To ensure proper and quick rooting,
loose scales along with mother corm residues should be
removed from the corms. Before sowing saffron corms
should be given initial corm treatment for 5 to 10 minutes
using carbendizime 50 WP @ 0.1% and 75 WP Mancozeb
@ 0.3% followed by shade drying.
Apple
Fruit Development-IV
12-18 days after FD-III
Zineb 68 %+ hexaconazole 4% 72 WP @100 g / 100 litres
of water
OR
Hexaconazole 5 EC @ 50 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Myclobutanil 10 WP @ 70 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Metiram55% + pyraclostrobin 5% 60 WG @ 100 g/ 100
litres of water
b). For Marssonina, Sooty blotch and Flyspeck
Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 27 SC @ 600 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Propineb 70 WP 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 80 WP 200 g/ 100 litres of water
Important Instructions:
Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of weeds,
pruned or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper
central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days
between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing of
fungicides, insecticide and other chemicals. Same
fungicide should not be repeated continuously in two
sprays.
Vegetables Various growth stages Sowing of kale, knol khol, cabbage and cauliflower may
carried out in well prepared open nursery when weather
permits. Land may be prepared for sowing of carrot.
Threshing of seed crops (carrot, coriander, beet, fenugreek,
radish, etc) should be done during dry sunny hours.
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Remove field heat in onion, garlic and potato before
shifting to storage. Maintain weed free conditions in all
vegetable crops.
Cattle
Cow Sporadic cases of FMD have started pouring in at our
university veterinary hospital from different parts of the
valley. FMD is a viral disease of cloven-hooved animals
like cattle, sheep, goats, and buffalo. It spreads very
quickly from animal to animal, and from herd to herd
resulting in outbreaks. There is no specific treatment to the
disease. Death rate in adult animals is normally low but it
is highly fatal new borne. Big losses occur from lack of
weight gain, reduced milk yield and mastitis, and general
un-thriftiness. Abortion and infertility may also be seen
after recovery from acute disease. Vaccination and
precautionary measures are the only ways to contain the
disease. Get your animals aged 4 months and above
vaccinated once in 6 months. Infected animals should be
immediately separated since all excretions and secretions
from infected animals contain the virus. Avoid moving
animals from one part of the farm to another if possible.
Keep different species of livestock separate where possible,
as sheep do not always show obvious signs of the disease
and you could inadvertently infect other animals. All feed
and fodder in contact with the infected animal should be
destroyed. All equipment used should be cleaned and
disinfected with 4% sodium carbonate solution. Healthy
animals should not be handled by persons in contact with
infected animals. Carcasses should be burnt or buried. The
infected premises should be disinfected with 4% sodium
carbonate solution or any other available disinfectant like
sodium hydroxide, or acetic acid. The infected animal
would exhibit various symptoms like, quivering of lips,
drooling of stringy saliva in long ropes, vesicles on the
nose and in the mouth, and between the claws, high fever
and lameness. Animal would consume only liquids or stop
eating and drinking completely. Treatment is only
symptomatic. Better to consult local veterinarian for
treating your animal. However, broad spectrum antibiotics
to check secondary bacterial infection, analgesics to control
fever and various tonics to keep animal active are
advisable. Mouth wash with potassium permanganate,
sodium carbonate, boric acid and glycerine; and foot bath
with phenyl should be performed. Commercially available
creams for treating oral lesions like BoroG, Lexanox plus
are showing promising results. In case of any difficulty or
query, kindly feel free to contact any clinical scientist
panelled on Telemedicine Portal available on Skuast K
website.
Sheep and goat
Avoid mixing of flocks whether migrating or migrated to
avoid spreading of infectious diseases. Follow definite
migratory route and provide rest to livestock at places
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having enough of grazing biomass and clean drinking
water. Avoid grazing areas having abundant poisonous
grasses during migration. Avoid migration of sick and
weak animals to avoid undue losses. Provide proper shelter
to livestock particularly kids and lambs during inclement
weather Protect livestock from predators particularly
during night hours. Animals should be counted at the time
of evening collection to avoid losses. The animals kept in
villages should be allowed to graze/ browse during cooler
hours of the day (Morning and evening for 8 to 10 hours).
Proper shelter and enough of clean drinking water should
be provided during the hotter periods of the day to avoid
heat and nutritional stress. Animals should be
supplemented with extra ration where-ever the village
pastures are depleted for augmenting performance. Non-
migrated flock should be continuously monitored for
parasitic load and nutritional stress. Same need to be
addressed immediately by proper dosing and nutrient
supplementation. Undertake PPR vaccination of livestock
after 15-21 days of sheep/goat pox vaccination. Same
should be repeated after every 3 years. Maintain proper
sanitation in and around the paddocks by proper cleaning
and disinfecting the paddocks.
Poultry For broiler farms
For backyard poultry
farmers.
Take care of Ventilation in the farm. Ensure clean
drinking water. Wash the waterers daily. Rinse them in
potassium permanganate solution before filling them again.
In case of doubtful water quality, use of water sanitizers is
advocated. Look for clumps in feed. Clumping indicated
spoilage. Never use spoiled/suspected feed for feeding.
Store feed in damp proof, well ventilated rooms on wooden
planks and stack feed bags away from the wall. Keep space
between stacks also. Adhere strictly to the vaccination
schedule.
Save newly hatched chicks from predators. Confine them
to wire mesh or cane enclosures. Periodic cleaning and use
of bedding material in pens is recommended Ensure
vaccination against Ranikhet Disease using R2B vaccine.
Periodic de-worming of poultry birds and spraying of anti-
ectoparasitic solution in the pens is recommended to
prevent parasitic infestation.
Flowers Care and
maintenance/Harvesting
of seed/Bulbs
Inspect tulip and iris bulbs in storage and discard diseased
and rotten ones if any. Keep moist and weed free flower
beds by watering, weeding and hoeing regularly as and
when needed. Prepare beds for sowing the seeds of spring
flowering annuals. Keep on harvesting of Gladiolus cut
flowers
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Apiculture Care and maintenance
Protect the bee colonies from wasps by installing wasp
traps or by manual flapping. Apply formic acid for mite
management @ 5ml/colony in vials. Provide artificial diet
(sugar solution) if required. Keep regular vigil to check
rubbing. Migrate bee colonies to suitable areas where flora
is available.
Sericulture
Care and maintenance Before starting Second rearing, farmers are advised to
ensure complete disinfection of rearing rooms and rearing
appliances by spraying with 2%formaline+0.5% slaked
lime, farmers can also spray with 5% solution of bleaching
powder for disinfection of rearing appliances and rearing
rooms after silkworm rearing is over. Farmers can also
disinfect rearing appliances by keeping in direct sunlight.
Ensure complete sun drying/stifling of Harvested cocoons
after sorting out of defective ones. The harvested cocoons
should be preserved in safe containers or by hanging them
under roofs of houses to avoid rodent and pest damage till
marketing will be done in your area.
Mushroom
Cultivation
Button mushroom Proper preventive measures should always be taken against
any pest/ diseases and competitor moulds and its further
dissemination in other trays or bags. used compost should
not be kept in the vicinity of the growing rooms. After
termination of the crop the trays should be thoroughly
disinfected by dipping in formalin (2%) solution. The
rooms should be disinfected with (2%) formalin spray after
termination of the crop.
Agro
forestry/forestr
y
Maintenance Weeding and hoeing operations to be done in agro forestry
systems/models. Forest nurseries need to be irrigated
during early morning and evening hours to avoid
desiccation/stress due to heat. Avoid irrigation in nurseries,
if rain is predicted in forecast on that day. Diseased
seedlings in nursery should be immediately isolated from
the healthy ones and treated separately with the
recommended fungicides. Massive outbreak of
disease/insect damage must be reported to the concerned
scientist/expert for remedial measures.
Fisheries
Developmental stages
Disinfect nets and farm equipments with soap water/
KMnO4 before use. In view of the flash floods ensure that
no muddy water enter your raceway/pond, and maintain
constant water level in trout raceways. Regularly monitor
water quality parameters in grow-out and rearing ponds. In
case of any disease outbreak, bring the fish and moribund
fish samples to AAHM Lab. Also Use Fish health android
App.
Ganderbal
Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 04.08.2021
Parameters 31
01
02
03
04
Rainfall (mm) 5 3 2 3 2
6
Fodder crops Sowing Intercultural operations in fodder kharif crops i.e Sorghum,
Bajra and Fodder maize should be carried out only when
the soil becomes workable. If the crop has reached knee
high stage apply urea @ 5 kg/kanal as top dose in case of
fodder cereals and 3 kg/ kanal in fodder cereal-legume
mixtures only after weather becomes favourable.
Rice Maintenance Apply 2nd top dose of urea 55 to 60 DAT @ 3.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in lower belts, 2.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in higher belts and 2.45 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in water logged conditions after
transplantation.
Maize (grain) Care & Maintenance Irrigated: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 4.0 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 3.25 kg (per kanal) for composites
Rainfed: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 2.5 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 2.0 kg (per kanal) for composites.
Saffron Care & Maintenance Uprooting of corms for fresh plantation should be done in
1st fortnight of July. Ensure safe storage of corms under
ambient room conditions in cool places with proper
aeration. Spread corms as thin layer on gunny bags.
Ensure sorting of bigger (>8g) and healthy corms by 2nd
fortnight of July. To ensure proper and quick rooting,
loose scales along with mother corm residues should be
removed from the corms. Before sowing saffron corms
should be given initial corm treatment for 5 to 10 minutes
using carbendizime 50 WP @ 0.1% and 75 WP Mancozeb
@ 0.3% followed by shade drying.
Apple
Fruit Development-IV
12-18 days after FD-III
Zineb 68 %+ hexaconazole 4% 72 WP @100 g / 100 litres
of water
OR
Hexaconazole 5 EC @ 50 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Myclobutanil 10 WP @ 70 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Metiram55% + pyraclostrobin 5% 60 WG @ 100 g/ 100
litres of water
b). For Marssonina, Sooty blotch and Flyspeck
Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 27 SC @ 600 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Propineb 70 WP 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Max. Temp. (deg. C) 29 30 30 30 30 Min. Temp. (deg. C) 20 21 21 21 21
Max. Relative humidity (%) 90 90 90 90 90
Min. Relative humidity (%) 65 60 60 60 60
Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1
Wind direction (deg.) 170 95 35 115 130
Total cloud cover (octa) 8 7 6 7 6
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Ziram 80 WP 200 g/ 100 litres of water
Important Instructions:
Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of weeds,
pruned or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper
central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days
between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing of
fungicides, insecticide and other chemicals. Same
fungicide should not be repeated continuously in two
sprays.
Vegetables Various growth stages Sowing of kale, knol khol, cabbage and cauliflower may
carried out in well prepared open nursery when weather
permits. Land may be prepared for sowing of carrot.
Threshing of seed crops (carrot, coriander, beet, fenugreek,
radish, etc) should be done during dry sunny hours.
Remove field heat in onion, garlic and potato before
shifting to storage. Maintain weed free conditions in all
vegetable crops.
Cattle
Cow Sporadic cases of FMD have started pouring in at our
university veterinary hospital from different parts of the
valley. FMD is a viral disease of cloven-hooved animals
like cattle, sheep, goats, and buffalo. It spreads very
quickly from animal to animal, and from herd to herd
resulting in outbreaks. There is no specific treatment to the
disease. Death rate in adult animals is normally low but it
is highly fatal new borne. Big losses occur from lack of
weight gain, reduced milk yield and mastitis, and general
un-thriftiness. Abortion and infertility may also be seen
after recovery from acute disease. Vaccination and
precautionary measures are the only ways to contain the
disease. Get your animals aged 4 months and above
vaccinated once in 6 months. Infected animals should be
immediately separated since all excretions and secretions
from infected animals contain the virus. Avoid moving
animals from one part of the farm to another if possible.
Keep different species of livestock separate where possible,
as sheep do not always show obvious signs of the disease
and you could inadvertently infect other animals. All feed
and fodder in contact with the infected animal should be
destroyed. All equipment used should be cleaned and
disinfected with 4% sodium carbonate solution. Healthy
animals should not be handled by persons in contact with
infected animals. Carcasses should be burnt or buried. The
infected premises should be disinfected with 4% sodium
carbonate solution or any other available disinfectant like
sodium hydroxide, or acetic acid. The infected animal
would exhibit various symptoms like, quivering of lips,
drooling of stringy saliva in long ropes, vesicles on the
nose and in the mouth, and between the claws, high fever
and lameness. Animal would consume only liquids or stop
eating and drinking completely. Treatment is only
symptomatic. Better to consult local veterinarian for
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treating your animal. However, broad spectrum antibiotics
to check secondary bacterial infection, analgesics to control
fever and various tonics to keep animal active are
advisable. Mouth wash with potassium permanganate,
sodium carbonate, boric acid and glycerine; and foot bath
with phenyl should be performed. Commercially available
creams for treating oral lesions like BoroG, Lexanox plus
are showing promising results. In case of any difficulty or
query, kindly feel free to contact any clinical scientist
panelled on Telemedicine Portal available on Skuast K
website.
Sheep and goat
Avoid mixing of flocks whether migrating or migrated to
avoid spreading of infectious diseases. Follow definite
migratory route and provide rest to livestock at places
having enough of grazing biomass and clean drinking
water. Avoid grazing areas having abundant poisonous
grasses during migration. Avoid migration of sick and
weak animals to avoid undue losses. Provide proper shelter
to livestock particularly kids and lambs during inclement
weather Protect livestock from predators particularly
during night hours. Animals should be counted at the time
of evening collection to avoid losses. The animals kept in
villages should be allowed to graze/ browse during cooler
hours of the day (Morning and evening for 8 to 10 hours).
Proper shelter and enough of clean drinking water should
be provided during the hotter periods of the day to avoid
heat and nutritional stress. Animals should be
supplemented with extra ration where-ever the village
pastures are depleted for augmenting performance. Non-
migrated flock should be continuously monitored for
parasitic load and nutritional stress. Same need to be
addressed immediately by proper dosing and nutrient
supplementation. Undertake PPR vaccination of livestock
after 15-21 days of sheep/goat pox vaccination. Same
should be repeated after every 3 years. Maintain proper
sanitation in and around the paddocks by proper cleaning
and disinfecting the paddocks.
Poultry For broiler farms
Take care of Ventilation in the farm. Ensure clean
drinking water. Wash the waterers daily. Rinse them in
potassium permanganate solution before filling them again.
In case of doubtful water quality, use of water sanitizers is
advocated. Look for clumps in feed. Clumping indicated
spoilage. Never use spoiled/suspected feed for feeding.
Store feed in damp proof, well ventilated rooms on wooden
planks and stack feed bags away from the wall. Keep space
between stacks also. Adhere strictly to the vaccination
schedule.
9
For backyard poultry
farmers.
Save newly hatched chicks from predators. Confine them
to wire mesh or cane enclosures. Periodic cleaning and use
of bedding material in pens is recommended Ensure
vaccination against Ranikhet Disease using R2B vaccine.
Periodic de-worming of poultry birds and spraying of anti-
ectoparasitic solution in the pens is recommended to
prevent parasitic infestation.
Flowers Care and
maintenance/Harvesting
of seed/Bulbs
Inspect tulip and iris bulbs in storage and discard diseased
and rotten ones if any. Keep moist and weed free flower
beds by watering, weeding and hoeing regularly as and
when needed. Prepare beds for sowing the seeds of spring
flowering annuals. Keep on harvesting of Gladiolus cut
flowers
Apiculture Care and maintenance
Protect the bee colonies from wasps by installing wasp
traps or by manual flapping. Apply formic acid for mite
management @ 5ml/colony in vials. Provide artificial diet
(sugar solution) if required. Keep regular vigil to check
rubbing. Migrate bee colonies to suitable areas where flora
is available.
Sericulture
Care and maintenance Before starting Second rearing, farmers are advised to
ensure complete disinfection of rearing rooms and rearing
appliances by spraying with 2%formaline+0.5% slaked
lime, farmers can also spray with 5% solution of bleaching
powder for disinfection of rearing appliances and rearing
rooms after silkworm rearing is over. Farmers can also
disinfect rearing appliances by keeping in direct sunlight.
Ensure complete sun drying/stifling of Harvested cocoons
after sorting out of defective ones. The harvested cocoons
should be preserved in safe containers or by hanging them
under roofs of houses to avoid rodent and pest damage till
marketing will be done in your area.
Mushroom
Cultivation
Button mushroom Proper preventive measures should always be taken against
any pest/ diseases and competitor moulds and its further
dissemination in other trays or bags. used compost should
not be kept in the vicinity of the growing rooms. After
termination of the crop the trays should be thoroughly
disinfected by dipping in formalin (2%) solution. The
rooms should be disinfected with (2%) formalin spray after
termination of the crop.
Agro
forestry/forestr
y
Maintenance Weeding and hoeing operations to be done in agro forestry
systems/models. Forest nurseries need to be irrigated
during early morning and evening hours to avoid
desiccation/stress due to heat. Avoid irrigation in nurseries,
if rain is predicted in forecast on that day. Diseased
seedlings in nursery should be immediately isolated from
the healthy ones and treated separately with the
recommended fungicides. Massive outbreak of
disease/insect damage must be reported to the concerned
scientist/expert for remedial measures.
Fisheries
Developmental stages
Disinfect nets and farm equipments with soap water/
KMnO4 before use. In view of the flash floods ensure that
10
no muddy water enter your raceway/pond, and maintain
constant water level in trout raceways. Regularly monitor
water quality parameters in grow-out and rearing ponds. In
case of any disease outbreak, bring the fish and moribund
fish samples to AAHM Lab. Also Use Fish health android
App.
Budgam
Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 04.08.2021
Parameters 31
01
02
03
04
Rainfall (mm) 5 3 2 3 2 Max. Temp. (deg. C) 29 30 30 30 30 Min. Temp. (deg. C) 20 21 21 21 21
Max. Relative humidity (%) 90 90 90 90 90
Min. Relative humidity (%) 65 60 60 60 60
Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1
Wind direction (deg.) 138 260 260 235 225
Total cloud cover (octa) 8 7 6 7 6
Fodder crops Sowing Intercultural operations in fodder kharif crops i.e Sorghum,
Bajra and Fodder maize should be carried out only when
the soil becomes workable. If the crop has reached knee
high stage apply urea @ 5 kg/kanal as top dose in case of
fodder cereals and 3 kg/ kanal in fodder cereal-legume
mixtures only after weather becomes favourable.
Rice Maintenance Apply 2nd top dose of urea 55 to 60 DAT @ 3.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in lower belts, 2.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in higher belts and 2.45 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in water logged conditions after
transplantation.
Maize (grain) Care & Maintenance Irrigated: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 4.0 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 3.25 kg (per kanal) for composites
Rainfed: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 2.5 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 2.0 kg (per kanal) for composites.
Saffron Care & Maintenance Uprooting of corms for fresh plantation should be done in
1st fortnight of July. Ensure safe storage of corms under
ambient room conditions in cool places with proper
aeration. Spread corms as thin layer on gunny bags.
Ensure sorting of bigger (>8g) and healthy corms by 2nd
fortnight of July. To ensure proper and quick rooting,
loose scales along with mother corm residues should be
removed from the corms. Before sowing saffron corms
should be given initial corm treatment for 5 to 10 minutes
using carbendizime 50 WP @ 0.1% and 75 WP Mancozeb
@ 0.3% followed by shade drying.
Apple
12-18 days after FD-III
Zineb 68 %+ hexaconazole 4% 72 WP @100 g / 100 litres
of water
OR
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Fruit Development-IV
Hexaconazole 5 EC @ 50 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Myclobutanil 10 WP @ 70 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Metiram55% + pyraclostrobin 5% 60 WG @ 100 g/ 100
litres of water
b). For Marssonina, Sooty blotch and Flyspeck
Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 27 SC @ 600 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Propineb 70 WP 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 80 WP 200 g/ 100 litres of water
Important Instructions:
Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of weeds,
pruned or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper
central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days
between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing of
fungicides, insecticide and other chemicals. Same
fungicide should not be repeated continuously in two
sprays.
Vegetables Various growth stages Sowing of kale, knol khol, cabbage and cauliflower may
carried out in well prepared open nursery when weather
permits. Land may be prepared for sowing of carrot.
Threshing of seed crops (carrot, coriander, beet, fenugreek,
radish, etc) should be done during dry sunny hours.
Remove field heat in onion, garlic and potato before
shifting to storage. Maintain weed free conditions in all
vegetable crops.
Cattle
Cow Sporadic cases of FMD have started pouring in at our
university veterinary hospital from different parts of the
valley. FMD is a viral disease of cloven-hooved animals
like cattle, sheep, goats, and buffalo. It spreads very
quickly from animal to animal, and from herd to herd
resulting in outbreaks. There is no specific treatment to the
disease. Death rate in adult animals is normally low but it
is highly fatal new borne. Big losses occur from lack of
weight gain, reduced milk yield and mastitis, and general
un-thriftiness. Abortion and infertility may also be seen
after recovery from acute disease. Vaccination and
precautionary measures are the only ways to contain the
disease. Get your animals aged 4 months and above
vaccinated once in 6 months. Infected animals should be
immediately separated since all excretions and secretions
from infected animals contain the virus. Avoid moving
animals from one part of the farm to another if possible.
Keep different species of livestock separate where possible,
as sheep do not always show obvious signs of the disease
and you could inadvertently infect other animals. All feed
12
and fodder in contact with the infected animal should be
destroyed. All equipment used should be cleaned and
disinfected with 4% sodium carbonate solution. Healthy
animals should not be handled by persons in contact with
infected animals. Carcasses should be burnt or buried. The
infected premises should be disinfected with 4% sodium
carbonate solution or any other available disinfectant like
sodium hydroxide, or acetic acid. The infected animal
would exhibit various symptoms like, quivering of lips,
drooling of stringy saliva in long ropes, vesicles on the
nose and in the mouth, and between the claws, high fever
and lameness. Animal would consume only liquids or stop
eating and drinking completely. Treatment is only
symptomatic. Better to consult local veterinarian for
treating your animal. However, broad spectrum antibiotics
to check secondary bacterial infection, analgesics to control
fever and various tonics to keep animal active are
advisable. Mouth wash with potassium permanganate,
sodium carbonate, boric acid and glycerine; and foot bath
with phenyl should be performed. Commercially available
creams for treating oral lesions like BoroG, Lexanox plus
are showing promising results. In case of any difficulty or
query, kindly feel free to contact any clinical scientist
panelled on Telemedicine Portal available on Skuast K
website.
Sheep and goat
Avoid mixing of flocks whether migrating or migrated to
avoid spreading of infectious diseases. Follow definite
migratory route and provide rest to livestock at places
having enough of grazing biomass and clean drinking
water. Avoid grazing areas having abundant poisonous
grasses during migration. Avoid migration of sick and
weak animals to avoid undue losses. Provide proper shelter
to livestock particularly kids and lambs during inclement
weather Protect livestock from predators particularly
during night hours. Animals should be counted at the time
of evening collection to avoid losses. The animals kept in
villages should be allowed to graze/ browse during cooler
hours of the day (Morning and evening for 8 to 10 hours).
Proper shelter and enough of clean drinking water should
be provided during the hotter periods of the day to avoid
heat and nutritional stress. Animals should be
supplemented with extra ration where-ever the village
pastures are depleted for augmenting performance. Non-
migrated flock should be continuously monitored for
parasitic load and nutritional stress. Same need to be
addressed immediately by proper dosing and nutrient
supplementation. Undertake PPR vaccination of livestock
after 15-21 days of sheep/goat pox vaccination. Same
13
should be repeated after every 3 years. Maintain proper
sanitation in and around the paddocks by proper cleaning
and disinfecting the paddocks.
Poultry For broiler farms
For backyard poultry
farmers.
Take care of Ventilation in the farm. Ensure clean
drinking water. Wash the waterers daily. Rinse them in
potassium permanganate solution before filling them again.
In case of doubtful water quality, use of water sanitizers is
advocated. Look for clumps in feed. Clumping indicated
spoilage. Never use spoiled/suspected feed for feeding.
Store feed in damp proof, well ventilated rooms on wooden
planks and stack feed bags away from the wall. Keep space
between stacks also. Adhere strictly to the vaccination
schedule.
Save newly hatched chicks from predators. Confine them
to wire mesh or cane enclosures. Periodic cleaning and use
of bedding material in pens is recommended Ensure
vaccination against Ranikhet Disease using R2B vaccine.
Periodic de-worming of poultry birds and spraying of anti-
ectoparasitic solution in the pens is recommended to
prevent parasitic infestation.
Flowers Care and
maintenance/Harvesting
of seed/Bulbs
Inspect tulip and iris bulbs in storage and discard diseased
and rotten ones if any. Keep moist and weed free flower
beds by watering, weeding and hoeing regularly as and
when needed. Prepare beds for sowing the seeds of spring
flowering annuals. Keep on harvesting of Gladiolus cut
flowers
Apiculture Care and maintenance
Protect the bee colonies from wasps by installing wasp
traps or by manual flapping. Apply formic acid for mite
management @ 5ml/colony in vials. Provide artificial diet
(sugar solution) if required. Keep regular vigil to check
rubbing. Migrate bee colonies to suitable areas where flora
is available.
Sericulture
Care and maintenance Before starting Second rearing, farmers are advised to
ensure complete disinfection of rearing rooms and rearing
appliances by spraying with 2%formaline+0.5% slaked
lime, farmers can also spray with 5% solution of bleaching
powder for disinfection of rearing appliances and rearing
rooms after silkworm rearing is over. Farmers can also
disinfect rearing appliances by keeping in direct sunlight.
Ensure complete sun drying/stifling of Harvested cocoons
after sorting out of defective ones. The harvested cocoons
should be preserved in safe containers or by hanging them
under roofs of houses to avoid rodent and pest damage till
marketing will be done in your area.
Mushroom
Cultivation
Button mushroom Proper preventive measures should always be taken against
any pest/ diseases and competitor moulds and its further
dissemination in other trays or bags. used compost should
not be kept in the vicinity of the growing rooms. After
termination of the crop the trays should be thoroughly
14
disinfected by dipping in formalin (2%) solution. The
rooms should be disinfected with (2%) formalin spray after
termination of the crop.
Agro
forestry/forestr
y
Maintenance Weeding and hoeing operations to be done in agro forestry
systems/models. Forest nurseries need to be irrigated
during early morning and evening hours to avoid
desiccation/stress due to heat. Avoid irrigation in nurseries,
if rain is predicted in forecast on that day. Diseased
seedlings in nursery should be immediately isolated from
the healthy ones and treated separately with the
recommended fungicides. Massive outbreak of
disease/insect damage must be reported to the concerned
scientist/expert for remedial measures.
Fisheries
Developmental stages
Disinfect nets and farm equipments with soap water/
KMnO4 before use. In view of the flash floods ensure that
no muddy water enter your raceway/pond, and maintain
constant water level in trout raceways. Regularly monitor
water quality parameters in grow-out and rearing ponds. In
case of any disease outbreak, bring the fish and moribund
fish samples to AAHM Lab. Also Use Fish health android
App.
Anantnag
Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 04.08.2021
Parameters 31
01
02
03
04
Rainfall (mm) 10 5 3 5 2 Max. Temp. (deg. C) 26 27 27 27 28 Min. Temp. (deg. C) 18 19 19 18 19 Max. Relative humidity (%) 95 95 90 95 90
Min. Relative humidity (%) 70 65 65 65 60
Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1
Wind direction (deg.) 125 45 35 55 55
Total cloud cover (octa) 8 7 6 7 6
Fodder crops Sowing Intercultural operations in fodder kharif crops i.e Sorghum,
Bajra and Fodder maize should be carried out only when
the soil becomes workable. If the crop has reached knee
high stage apply urea @ 5 kg/kanal as top dose in case of
fodder cereals and 3 kg/ kanal in fodder cereal-legume
mixtures only after weather becomes favourable.
Rice Maintenance Apply 2nd top dose of urea 55 to 60 DAT @ 3.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in lower belts, 2.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in higher belts and 2.45 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in water logged conditions after
transplantation.
Maize (grain) Care & Maintenance Irrigated: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 4.0 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 3.25 kg (per kanal) for composites
Rainfed: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 2.5 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 2.0 kg (per kanal) for composites.
15
Saffron Care & Maintenance Uprooting of corms for fresh plantation should be done in
1st fortnight of July. Ensure safe storage of corms under
ambient room conditions in cool places with proper
aeration. Spread corms as thin layer on gunny bags.
Ensure sorting of bigger (>8g) and healthy corms by 2nd
fortnight of July. To ensure proper and quick rooting,
loose scales along with mother corm residues should be
removed from the corms. Before sowing saffron corms
should be given initial corm treatment for 5 to 10 minutes
using carbendizime 50 WP @ 0.1% and 75 WP Mancozeb
@ 0.3% followed by shade drying.
Apple
Fruit Development-IV
12-18 days after FD-III
Zineb 68 %+ hexaconazole 4% 72 WP @100 g / 100 litres
of water
OR
Hexaconazole 5 EC @ 50 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Myclobutanil 10 WP @ 70 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Metiram55% + pyraclostrobin 5% 60 WG @ 100 g/ 100
litres of water
b). For Marssonina, Sooty blotch and Flyspeck
Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 27 SC @ 600 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Propineb 70 WP 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 80 WP 200 g/ 100 litres of water
Important Instructions:
Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of weeds,
pruned or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper
central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days
between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing of
fungicides, insecticide and other chemicals. Same
fungicide should not be repeated continuously in two
sprays.
Vegetables Various growth stages Sowing of kale, knol khol, cabbage and cauliflower may
carried out in well prepared open nursery when weather
permits. Land may be prepared for sowing of carrot.
Threshing of seed crops (carrot, coriander, beet, fenugreek,
radish, etc) should be done during dry sunny hours.
Remove field heat in onion, garlic and potato before
shifting to storage. Maintain weed free conditions in all
vegetable crops.
Cattle
Cow Sporadic cases of FMD have started pouring in at our
university veterinary hospital from different parts of the
valley. FMD is a viral disease of cloven-hooved animals
like cattle, sheep, goats, and buffalo. It spreads very
16
quickly from animal to animal, and from herd to herd
resulting in outbreaks. There is no specific treatment to the
disease. Death rate in adult animals is normally low but it
is highly fatal new borne. Big losses occur from lack of
weight gain, reduced milk yield and mastitis, and general
un-thriftiness. Abortion and infertility may also be seen
after recovery from acute disease. Vaccination and
precautionary measures are the only ways to contain the
disease. Get your animals aged 4 months and above
vaccinated once in 6 months. Infected animals should be
immediately separated since all excretions and secretions
from infected animals contain the virus. Avoid moving
animals from one part of the farm to another if possible.
Keep different species of livestock separate where possible,
as sheep do not always show obvious signs of the disease
and you could inadvertently infect other animals. All feed
and fodder in contact with the infected animal should be
destroyed. All equipment used should be cleaned and
disinfected with 4% sodium carbonate solution. Healthy
animals should not be handled by persons in contact with
infected animals. Carcasses should be burnt or buried. The
infected premises should be disinfected with 4% sodium
carbonate solution or any other available disinfectant like
sodium hydroxide, or acetic acid. The infected animal
would exhibit various symptoms like, quivering of lips,
drooling of stringy saliva in long ropes, vesicles on the
nose and in the mouth, and between the claws, high fever
and lameness. Animal would consume only liquids or stop
eating and drinking completely. Treatment is only
symptomatic. Better to consult local veterinarian for
treating your animal. However, broad spectrum antibiotics
to check secondary bacterial infection, analgesics to control
fever and various tonics to keep animal active are
advisable. Mouth wash with potassium permanganate,
sodium carbonate, boric acid and glycerine; and foot bath
with phenyl should be performed. Commercially available
creams for treating oral lesions like BoroG, Lexanox plus
are showing promising results. In case of any difficulty or
query, kindly feel free to contact any clinical scientist
panelled on Telemedicine Portal available on Skuast K
website.
Sheep and goat
Avoid mixing of flocks whether migrating or migrated to
avoid spreading of infectious diseases. Follow definite
migratory route and provide rest to livestock at places
having enough of grazing biomass and clean drinking
water. Avoid grazing areas having abundant poisonous
grasses during migration. Avoid migration of sick and
weak animals to avoid undue losses. Provide proper shelter
to livestock particularly kids and lambs during inclement
weather Protect livestock from predators particularly
17
during night hours. Animals should be counted at the time
of evening collection to avoid losses. The animals kept in
villages should be allowed to graze/ browse during cooler
hours of the day (Morning and evening for 8 to 10 hours).
Proper shelter and enough of clean drinking water should
be provided during the hotter periods of the day to avoid
heat and nutritional stress. Animals should be
supplemented with extra ration where-ever the village
pastures are depleted for augmenting performance. Non-
migrated flock should be continuously monitored for
parasitic load and nutritional stress. Same need to be
addressed immediately by proper dosing and nutrient
supplementation. Undertake PPR vaccination of livestock
after 15-21 days of sheep/goat pox vaccination. Same
should be repeated after every 3 years. Maintain proper
sanitation in and around the paddocks by proper cleaning
and disinfecting the paddocks.
Poultry For broiler farms
For backyard poultry
farmers.
Take care of Ventilation in the farm. Ensure clean
drinking water. Wash the waterers daily. Rinse them in
potassium permanganate solution before filling them again.
In case of doubtful water quality, use of water sanitizers is
advocated. Look for clumps in feed. Clumping indicated
spoilage. Never use spoiled/suspected feed for feeding.
Store feed in damp proof, well ventilated rooms on wooden
planks and stack feed bags away from the wall. Keep space
between stacks also. Adhere strictly to the vaccination
schedule.
Save newly hatched chicks from predators. Confine them
to wire mesh or cane enclosures. Periodic cleaning and use
of bedding material in pens is recommended Ensure
vaccination against Ranikhet Disease using R2B vaccine.
Periodic de-worming of poultry birds and spraying of anti-
ectoparasitic solution in the pens is recommended to
prevent parasitic infestation.
Flowers Care and
maintenance/Harvesting
of seed/Bulbs
Inspect tulip and iris bulbs in storage and discard diseased
and rotten ones if any. Keep moist and weed free flower
beds by watering, weeding and hoeing regularly as and
when needed. Prepare beds for sowing the seeds of spring
flowering annuals. Keep on harvesting of Gladiolus cut
flowers
Apiculture Care and maintenance
Protect the bee colonies from wasps by installing wasp
traps or by manual flapping. Apply formic acid for mite
management @ 5ml/colony in vials. Provide artificial diet
(sugar solution) if required. Keep regular vigil to check
rubbing. Migrate bee colonies to suitable areas where flora
is available.
18
Sericulture
Care and maintenance Before starting Second rearing, farmers are advised to
ensure complete disinfection of rearing rooms and rearing
appliances by spraying with 2%formaline+0.5% slaked
lime, farmers can also spray with 5% solution of bleaching
powder for disinfection of rearing appliances and rearing
rooms after silkworm rearing is over. Farmers can also
disinfect rearing appliances by keeping in direct sunlight.
Ensure complete sun drying/stifling of Harvested cocoons
after sorting out of defective ones. The harvested cocoons
should be preserved in safe containers or by hanging them
under roofs of houses to avoid rodent and pest damage till
marketing will be done in your area.
Mushroom
Cultivation
Button mushroom Proper preventive measures should always be taken against
any pest/ diseases and competitor moulds and its further
dissemination in other trays or bags. used compost should
not be kept in the vicinity of the growing rooms. After
termination of the crop the trays should be thoroughly
disinfected by dipping in formalin (2%) solution. The
rooms should be disinfected with (2%) formalin spray after
termination of the crop.
Agro
forestry/forestr
y
Maintenance Weeding and hoeing operations to be done in agro forestry
systems/models. Forest nurseries need to be irrigated
during early morning and evening hours to avoid
desiccation/stress due to heat. Avoid irrigation in nurseries,
if rain is predicted in forecast on that day. Diseased
seedlings in nursery should be immediately isolated from
the healthy ones and treated separately with the
recommended fungicides. Massive outbreak of
disease/insect damage must be reported to the concerned
scientist/expert for remedial measures.
Fisheries
Developmental stages
Disinfect nets and farm equipments with soap water/
KMnO4 before use. In view of the flash floods ensure that
no muddy water enter your raceway/pond, and maintain
constant water level in trout raceways. Regularly monitor
water quality parameters in grow-out and rearing ponds. In
case of any disease outbreak, bring the fish and moribund
fish samples to AAHM Lab. Also Use Fish health android
App.
Kupwara
Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 04.08.2021
Parameters 31
01
02
03
04
Rainfall (mm) 10 5 5 5 3 Max. Temp. (deg. C) 28 29 29 29 30 Min. Temp. (deg. C) 19 20 20 20 20
Max. Relative humidity (%) 95 95 95 95 95
Min. Relative humidity (%) 70 65 65 65 60
Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1
Wind direction (deg.) 120 185 235 190 240
Total cloud cover (octa) 8 7 7 8 7
19
Fodder crops Sowing Intercultural operations in fodder kharif crops i.e Sorghum,
Bajra and Fodder maize should be carried out only when
the soil becomes workable. If the crop has reached knee
high stage apply urea @ 5 kg/kanal as top dose in case of
fodder cereals and 3 kg/ kanal in fodder cereal-legume
mixtures only after weather becomes favourable.
Rice Maintenance Apply 2nd top dose of urea 55 to 60 DAT @ 3.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in lower belts, 2.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in higher belts and 2.45 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in water logged conditions after
transplantation.
Maize (grain) Care & Maintenance Irrigated: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 4.0 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 3.25 kg (per kanal) for composites
Rainfed: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 2.5 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 2.0 kg (per kanal) for composites.
Saffron Care & Maintenance Uprooting of corms for fresh plantation should be done in
1st fortnight of July. Ensure safe storage of corms under
ambient room conditions in cool places with proper
aeration. Spread corms as thin layer on gunny bags.
Ensure sorting of bigger (>8g) and healthy corms by 2nd
fortnight of July. To ensure proper and quick rooting,
loose scales along with mother corm residues should be
removed from the corms. Before sowing saffron corms
should be given initial corm treatment for 5 to 10 minutes
using carbendizime 50 WP @ 0.1% and 75 WP Mancozeb
@ 0.3% followed by shade drying.
Apple
Fruit Development-IV
12-18 days after FD-III
Zineb 68 %+ hexaconazole 4% 72 WP @100 g / 100 litres
of water
OR
Hexaconazole 5 EC @ 50 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Myclobutanil 10 WP @ 70 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Metiram55% + pyraclostrobin 5% 60 WG @ 100 g/ 100
litres of water
b). For Marssonina, Sooty blotch and Flyspeck
Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 27 SC @ 600 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Propineb 70 WP 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 80 WP 200 g/ 100 litres of water
Important Instructions:
Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of weeds,
pruned or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper
central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days
20
between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing of
fungicides, insecticide and other chemicals. Same
fungicide should not be repeated continuously in two
sprays.
Vegetables Various growth stages Sowing of kale, knol khol, cabbage and cauliflower may
carried out in well prepared open nursery when weather
permits. Land may be prepared for sowing of carrot.
Threshing of seed crops (carrot, coriander, beet, fenugreek,
radish, etc) should be done during dry sunny hours.
Remove field heat in onion, garlic and potato before
shifting to storage. Maintain weed free conditions in all
vegetable crops.
Cattle
Cow Sporadic cases of FMD have started pouring in at our
university veterinary hospital from different parts of the
valley. FMD is a viral disease of cloven-hooved animals
like cattle, sheep, goats, and buffalo. It spreads very
quickly from animal to animal, and from herd to herd
resulting in outbreaks. There is no specific treatment to the
disease. Death rate in adult animals is normally low but it
is highly fatal new borne. Big losses occur from lack of
weight gain, reduced milk yield and mastitis, and general
un-thriftiness. Abortion and infertility may also be seen
after recovery from acute disease. Vaccination and
precautionary measures are the only ways to contain the
disease. Get your animals aged 4 months and above
vaccinated once in 6 months. Infected animals should be
immediately separated since all excretions and secretions
from infected animals contain the virus. Avoid moving
animals from one part of the farm to another if possible.
Keep different species of livestock separate where possible,
as sheep do not always show obvious signs of the disease
and you could inadvertently infect other animals. All feed
and fodder in contact with the infected animal should be
destroyed. All equipment used should be cleaned and
disinfected with 4% sodium carbonate solution. Healthy
animals should not be handled by persons in contact with
infected animals. Carcasses should be burnt or buried. The
infected premises should be disinfected with 4% sodium
carbonate solution or any other available disinfectant like
sodium hydroxide, or acetic acid. The infected animal
would exhibit various symptoms like, quivering of lips,
drooling of stringy saliva in long ropes, vesicles on the
nose and in the mouth, and between the claws, high fever
and lameness. Animal would consume only liquids or stop
eating and drinking completely. Treatment is only
symptomatic. Better to consult local veterinarian for
treating your animal. However, broad spectrum antibiotics
to check secondary bacterial infection, analgesics to control
fever and various tonics to keep animal active are
advisable. Mouth wash with potassium permanganate,
sodium carbonate, boric acid and glycerine; and foot bath
with phenyl should be performed. Commercially available
21
creams for treating oral lesions like BoroG, Lexanox plus
are showing promising results. In case of any difficulty or
query, kindly feel free to contact any clinical scientist
panelled on Telemedicine Portal available on Skuast K
website.
Sheep and goat
Avoid mixing of flocks whether migrating or migrated to
avoid spreading of infectious diseases. Follow definite
migratory route and provide rest to livestock at places
having enough of grazing biomass and clean drinking
water. Avoid grazing areas having abundant poisonous
grasses during migration. Avoid migration of sick and
weak animals to avoid undue losses. Provide proper shelter
to livestock particularly kids and lambs during inclement
weather Protect livestock from predators particularly
during night hours. Animals should be counted at the time
of evening collection to avoid losses. The animals kept in
villages should be allowed to graze/ browse during cooler
hours of the day (Morning and evening for 8 to 10 hours).
Proper shelter and enough of clean drinking water should
be provided during the hotter periods of the day to avoid
heat and nutritional stress. Animals should be
supplemented with extra ration where-ever the village
pastures are depleted for augmenting performance. Non-
migrated flock should be continuously monitored for
parasitic load and nutritional stress. Same need to be
addressed immediately by proper dosing and nutrient
supplementation. Undertake PPR vaccination of livestock
after 15-21 days of sheep/goat pox vaccination. Same
should be repeated after every 3 years. Maintain proper
sanitation in and around the paddocks by proper cleaning
and disinfecting the paddocks.
Poultry For broiler farms
For backyard poultry
farmers.
Take care of Ventilation in the farm. Ensure clean
drinking water. Wash the waterers daily. Rinse them in
potassium permanganate solution before filling them again.
In case of doubtful water quality, use of water sanitizers is
advocated. Look for clumps in feed. Clumping indicated
spoilage. Never use spoiled/suspected feed for feeding.
Store feed in damp proof, well ventilated rooms on wooden
planks and stack feed bags away from the wall. Keep space
between stacks also. Adhere strictly to the vaccination
schedule.
Save newly hatched chicks from predators. Confine them
to wire mesh or cane enclosures. Periodic cleaning and use
of bedding material in pens is recommended Ensure
vaccination against Ranikhet Disease using R2B vaccine.
Periodic de-worming of poultry birds and spraying of anti-
ectoparasitic solution in the pens is recommended to
22
prevent parasitic infestation.
Flowers Care and
maintenance/Harvesting
of seed/Bulbs
Inspect tulip and iris bulbs in storage and discard diseased
and rotten ones if any. Keep moist and weed free flower
beds by watering, weeding and hoeing regularly as and
when needed. Prepare beds for sowing the seeds of spring
flowering annuals. Keep on harvesting of Gladiolus cut
flowers
Apiculture Care and maintenance
Protect the bee colonies from wasps by installing wasp
traps or by manual flapping. Apply formic acid for mite
management @ 5ml/colony in vials. Provide artificial diet
(sugar solution) if required. Keep regular vigil to check
rubbing. Migrate bee colonies to suitable areas where flora
is available.
Sericulture
Care and maintenance Before starting Second rearing, farmers are advised to
ensure complete disinfection of rearing rooms and rearing
appliances by spraying with 2%formaline+0.5% slaked
lime, farmers can also spray with 5% solution of bleaching
powder for disinfection of rearing appliances and rearing
rooms after silkworm rearing is over. Farmers can also
disinfect rearing appliances by keeping in direct sunlight.
Ensure complete sun drying/stifling of Harvested cocoons
after sorting out of defective ones. The harvested cocoons
should be preserved in safe containers or by hanging them
under roofs of houses to avoid rodent and pest damage till
marketing will be done in your area.
Mushroom
Cultivation
Button mushroom Proper preventive measures should always be taken against
any pest/ diseases and competitor moulds and its further
dissemination in other trays or bags. used compost should
not be kept in the vicinity of the growing rooms. After
termination of the crop the trays should be thoroughly
disinfected by dipping in formalin (2%) solution. The
rooms should be disinfected with (2%) formalin spray after
termination of the crop.
Agro
forestry/forestr
y
Maintenance Weeding and hoeing operations to be done in agro forestry
systems/models. Forest nurseries need to be irrigated
during early morning and evening hours to avoid
desiccation/stress due to heat. Avoid irrigation in nurseries,
if rain is predicted in forecast on that day. Diseased
seedlings in nursery should be immediately isolated from
the healthy ones and treated separately with the
recommended fungicides. Massive outbreak of
disease/insect damage must be reported to the concerned
scientist/expert for remedial measures.
Fisheries
Developmental stages
Disinfect nets and farm equipments with soap water/
KMnO4 before use. In view of the flash floods ensure that
no muddy water enter your raceway/pond, and maintain
constant water level in trout raceways. Regularly monitor
water quality parameters in grow-out and rearing ponds. In
case of any disease outbreak, bring the fish and moribund
fish samples to AAHM Lab. Also Use Fish health android
App.
23
Baramullah
Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 04.08.2021
Parameters 31
01
02
03
04
Rainfall (mm) 10 5 5 5 3 Max. Temp. (deg. C) 28 29 29 29 30 Min. Temp. (deg. C) 19 20 20 20 20
Max. Relative humidity (%) 95 95 95 95 95
Min. Relative humidity (%) 70 65 65 65 60
Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1
Wind direction (deg.) 115 195 190 190 175
Total cloud cover (octa) 8 7 7 8 7
Fodder crops Sowing Intercultural operations in fodder kharif crops i.e Sorghum,
Bajra and Fodder maize should be carried out only when
the soil becomes workable. If the crop has reached knee
high stage apply urea @ 5 kg/kanal as top dose in case of
fodder cereals and 3 kg/ kanal in fodder cereal-legume
mixtures only after weather becomes favourable.
Rice Maintenance Apply 2nd top dose of urea 55 to 60 DAT @ 3.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in lower belts, 2.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in higher belts and 2.45 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in water logged conditions after
transplantation.
Maize (grain) Care & Maintenance Irrigated: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 4.0 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 3.25 kg (per kanal) for composites
Rainfed: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 2.5 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 2.0 kg (per kanal) for composites.
Saffron Care & Maintenance Uprooting of corms for fresh plantation should be done in
1st fortnight of July. Ensure safe storage of corms under
ambient room conditions in cool places with proper
aeration. Spread corms as thin layer on gunny bags.
Ensure sorting of bigger (>8g) and healthy corms by 2nd
fortnight of July. To ensure proper and quick rooting,
loose scales along with mother corm residues should be
removed from the corms. Before sowing saffron corms
should be given initial corm treatment for 5 to 10 minutes
using carbendizime 50 WP @ 0.1% and 75 WP Mancozeb
@ 0.3% followed by shade drying.
Apple
12-18 days after FD-III
Zineb 68 %+ hexaconazole 4% 72 WP @100 g / 100 litres
of water
OR
Hexaconazole 5 EC @ 50 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Myclobutanil 10 WP @ 70 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Metiram55% + pyraclostrobin 5% 60 WG @ 100 g/ 100
litres of water
b). For Marssonina, Sooty blotch and Flyspeck
24
Fruit Development-IV Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 27 SC @ 600 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Propineb 70 WP 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 80 WP 200 g/ 100 litres of water
Important Instructions:
Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of weeds,
pruned or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper
central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days
between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing of
fungicides, insecticide and other chemicals. Same
fungicide should not be repeated continuously in two
sprays.
Vegetables Various growth stages Sowing of kale, knol khol, cabbage and cauliflower may
carried out in well prepared open nursery when weather
permits. Land may be prepared for sowing of carrot.
Threshing of seed crops (carrot, coriander, beet, fenugreek,
radish, etc) should be done during dry sunny hours.
Remove field heat in onion, garlic and potato before
shifting to storage. Maintain weed free conditions in all
vegetable crops.
Cattle
Cow Sporadic cases of FMD have started pouring in at our
university veterinary hospital from different parts of the
valley. FMD is a viral disease of cloven-hooved animals
like cattle, sheep, goats, and buffalo. It spreads very
quickly from animal to animal, and from herd to herd
resulting in outbreaks. There is no specific treatment to the
disease. Death rate in adult animals is normally low but it
is highly fatal new borne. Big losses occur from lack of
weight gain, reduced milk yield and mastitis, and general
un-thriftiness. Abortion and infertility may also be seen
after recovery from acute disease. Vaccination and
precautionary measures are the only ways to contain the
disease. Get your animals aged 4 months and above
vaccinated once in 6 months. Infected animals should be
immediately separated since all excretions and secretions
from infected animals contain the virus. Avoid moving
animals from one part of the farm to another if possible.
Keep different species of livestock separate where possible,
as sheep do not always show obvious signs of the disease
and you could inadvertently infect other animals. All feed
and fodder in contact with the infected animal should be
destroyed. All equipment used should be cleaned and
disinfected with 4% sodium carbonate solution. Healthy
animals should not be handled by persons in contact with
infected animals. Carcasses should be burnt or buried. The
infected premises should be disinfected with 4% sodium
carbonate solution or any other available disinfectant like
sodium hydroxide, or acetic acid. The infected animal
25
would exhibit various symptoms like, quivering of lips,
drooling of stringy saliva in long ropes, vesicles on the
nose and in the mouth, and between the claws, high fever
and lameness. Animal would consume only liquids or stop
eating and drinking completely. Treatment is only
symptomatic. Better to consult local veterinarian for
treating your animal. However, broad spectrum antibiotics
to check secondary bacterial infection, analgesics to control
fever and various tonics to keep animal active are
advisable. Mouth wash with potassium permanganate,
sodium carbonate, boric acid and glycerine; and foot bath
with phenyl should be performed. Commercially available
creams for treating oral lesions like BoroG, Lexanox plus
are showing promising results. In case of any difficulty or
query, kindly feel free to contact any clinical scientist
panelled on Telemedicine Portal available on Skuast K
website.
Sheep and goat
Avoid mixing of flocks whether migrating or migrated to
avoid spreading of infectious diseases. Follow definite
migratory route and provide rest to livestock at places
having enough of grazing biomass and clean drinking
water. Avoid grazing areas having abundant poisonous
grasses during migration. Avoid migration of sick and
weak animals to avoid undue losses. Provide proper shelter
to livestock particularly kids and lambs during inclement
weather Protect livestock from predators particularly
during night hours. Animals should be counted at the time
of evening collection to avoid losses. The animals kept in
villages should be allowed to graze/ browse during cooler
hours of the day (Morning and evening for 8 to 10 hours).
Proper shelter and enough of clean drinking water should
be provided during the hotter periods of the day to avoid
heat and nutritional stress. Animals should be
supplemented with extra ration where-ever the village
pastures are depleted for augmenting performance. Non-
migrated flock should be continuously monitored for
parasitic load and nutritional stress. Same need to be
addressed immediately by proper dosing and nutrient
supplementation. Undertake PPR vaccination of livestock
after 15-21 days of sheep/goat pox vaccination. Same
should be repeated after every 3 years. Maintain proper
sanitation in and around the paddocks by proper cleaning
and disinfecting the paddocks.
Poultry For broiler farms
Take care of Ventilation in the farm. Ensure clean
drinking water. Wash the waterers daily. Rinse them in
potassium permanganate solution before filling them again.
In case of doubtful water quality, use of water sanitizers is
26
For backyard poultry
farmers.
advocated. Look for clumps in feed. Clumping indicated
spoilage. Never use spoiled/suspected feed for feeding.
Store feed in damp proof, well ventilated rooms on wooden
planks and stack feed bags away from the wall. Keep space
between stacks also. Adhere strictly to the vaccination
schedule.
Save newly hatched chicks from predators. Confine them
to wire mesh or cane enclosures. Periodic cleaning and use
of bedding material in pens is recommended Ensure
vaccination against Ranikhet Disease using R2B vaccine.
Periodic de-worming of poultry birds and spraying of anti-
ectoparasitic solution in the pens is recommended to
prevent parasitic infestation.
Flowers Care and
maintenance/Harvesting
of seed/Bulbs
Inspect tulip and iris bulbs in storage and discard diseased
and rotten ones if any. Keep moist and weed free flower
beds by watering, weeding and hoeing regularly as and
when needed. Prepare beds for sowing the seeds of spring
flowering annuals. Keep on harvesting of Gladiolus cut
flowers
Apiculture Care and maintenance
Protect the bee colonies from wasps by installing wasp
traps or by manual flapping. Apply formic acid for mite
management @ 5ml/colony in vials. Provide artificial diet
(sugar solution) if required. Keep regular vigil to check
rubbing. Migrate bee colonies to suitable areas where flora
is available.
Sericulture
Care and maintenance Before starting Second rearing, farmers are advised to
ensure complete disinfection of rearing rooms and rearing
appliances by spraying with 2%formaline+0.5% slaked
lime, farmers can also spray with 5% solution of bleaching
powder for disinfection of rearing appliances and rearing
rooms after silkworm rearing is over. Farmers can also
disinfect rearing appliances by keeping in direct sunlight.
Ensure complete sun drying/stifling of Harvested cocoons
after sorting out of defective ones. The harvested cocoons
should be preserved in safe containers or by hanging them
under roofs of houses to avoid rodent and pest damage till
marketing will be done in your area.
Mushroom
Cultivation
Button mushroom Proper preventive measures should always be taken against
any pest/ diseases and competitor moulds and its further
dissemination in other trays or bags. used compost should
not be kept in the vicinity of the growing rooms. After
termination of the crop the trays should be thoroughly
disinfected by dipping in formalin (2%) solution. The
rooms should be disinfected with (2%) formalin spray after
termination of the crop.
Agro
forestry/forestr
y
Maintenance Weeding and hoeing operations to be done in agro forestry
systems/models. Forest nurseries need to be irrigated
during early morning and evening hours to avoid
desiccation/stress due to heat. Avoid irrigation in nurseries,
if rain is predicted in forecast on that day. Diseased
27
seedlings in nursery should be immediately isolated from
the healthy ones and treated separately with the
recommended fungicides. Massive outbreak of
disease/insect damage must be reported to the concerned
scientist/expert for remedial measures.
Fisheries
Developmental stages
Disinfect nets and farm equipments with soap water/
KMnO4 before use. In view of the flash floods ensure that
no muddy water enter your raceway/pond, and maintain
constant water level in trout raceways. Regularly monitor
water quality parameters in grow-out and rearing ponds. In
case of any disease outbreak, bring the fish and moribund
fish samples to AAHM Lab. Also Use Fish health android
App.
Bandipora
Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 04.08.2021
Parameters 31
01
02
03
04
Rainfall (mm) 10 5 5 5 3 Max. Temp. (deg. C) 28 29 29 29 30 Min. Temp. (deg. C) 19 20 20 20 20
Max. Relative humidity (%) 95 95 95 95 95
Min. Relative humidity (%) 70 65 65 65 60
Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1
Wind direction (deg.) 170 55 60 65 55
Total cloud cover (octa) 8 7 7 8 7
Fodder crops Sowing Intercultural operations in fodder kharif crops i.e Sorghum,
Bajra and Fodder maize should be carried out only when
the soil becomes workable. If the crop has reached knee
high stage apply urea @ 5 kg/kanal as top dose in case of
fodder cereals and 3 kg/ kanal in fodder cereal-legume
mixtures only after weather becomes favourable.
Rice Maintenance Apply 2nd top dose of urea 55 to 60 DAT @ 3.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in lower belts, 2.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in higher belts and 2.45 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in water logged conditions after
transplantation.
Maize (grain) Care & Maintenance Irrigated: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 4.0 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 3.25 kg (per kanal) for composites
Rainfed: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 2.5 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 2.0 kg (per kanal) for composites.
Saffron Care & Maintenance Uprooting of corms for fresh plantation should be done in
1st fortnight of July. Ensure safe storage of corms under
ambient room conditions in cool places with proper
aeration. Spread corms as thin layer on gunny bags.
Ensure sorting of bigger (>8g) and healthy corms by 2nd
fortnight of July. To ensure proper and quick rooting,
loose scales along with mother corm residues should be
removed from the corms. Before sowing saffron corms
28
should be given initial corm treatment for 5 to 10 minutes
using carbendizime 50 WP @ 0.1% and 75 WP Mancozeb
@ 0.3% followed by shade drying.
Apple
Fruit Development-IV
12-18 days after FD-III
Zineb 68 %+ hexaconazole 4% 72 WP @100 g / 100 litres
of water
OR
Hexaconazole 5 EC @ 50 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Myclobutanil 10 WP @ 70 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Metiram55% + pyraclostrobin 5% 60 WG @ 100 g/ 100
litres of water
b). For Marssonina, Sooty blotch and Flyspeck
Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 27 SC @ 600 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Propineb 70 WP 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 80 WP 200 g/ 100 litres of water
Important Instructions:
Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of weeds,
pruned or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper
central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days
between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing of
fungicides, insecticide and other chemicals. Same
fungicide should not be repeated continuously in two
sprays.
Vegetables Various growth stages Sowing of kale, knol khol, cabbage and cauliflower may
carried out in well prepared open nursery when weather
permits. Land may be prepared for sowing of carrot.
Threshing of seed crops (carrot, coriander, beet, fenugreek,
radish, etc) should be done during dry sunny hours.
Remove field heat in onion, garlic and potato before
shifting to storage. Maintain weed free conditions in all
vegetable crops.
Cattle
Cow Sporadic cases of FMD have started pouring in at our
university veterinary hospital from different parts of the
valley. FMD is a viral disease of cloven-hooved animals
like cattle, sheep, goats, and buffalo. It spreads very
quickly from animal to animal, and from herd to herd
resulting in outbreaks. There is no specific treatment to the
disease. Death rate in adult animals is normally low but it
is highly fatal new borne. Big losses occur from lack of
weight gain, reduced milk yield and mastitis, and general
29
un-thriftiness. Abortion and infertility may also be seen
after recovery from acute disease. Vaccination and
precautionary measures are the only ways to contain the
disease. Get your animals aged 4 months and above
vaccinated once in 6 months. Infected animals should be
immediately separated since all excretions and secretions
from infected animals contain the virus. Avoid moving
animals from one part of the farm to another if possible.
Keep different species of livestock separate where possible,
as sheep do not always show obvious signs of the disease
and you could inadvertently infect other animals. All feed
and fodder in contact with the infected animal should be
destroyed. All equipment used should be cleaned and
disinfected with 4% sodium carbonate solution. Healthy
animals should not be handled by persons in contact with
infected animals. Carcasses should be burnt or buried. The
infected premises should be disinfected with 4% sodium
carbonate solution or any other available disinfectant like
sodium hydroxide, or acetic acid. The infected animal
would exhibit various symptoms like, quivering of lips,
drooling of stringy saliva in long ropes, vesicles on the
nose and in the mouth, and between the claws, high fever
and lameness. Animal would consume only liquids or stop
eating and drinking completely. Treatment is only
symptomatic. Better to consult local veterinarian for
treating your animal. However, broad spectrum antibiotics
to check secondary bacterial infection, analgesics to control
fever and various tonics to keep animal active are
advisable. Mouth wash with potassium permanganate,
sodium carbonate, boric acid and glycerine; and foot bath
with phenyl should be performed. Commercially available
creams for treating oral lesions like BoroG, Lexanox plus
are showing promising results. In case of any difficulty or
query, kindly feel free to contact any clinical scientist
panelled on Telemedicine Portal available on Skuast K
website.
Sheep and goat
Avoid mixing of flocks whether migrating or migrated to
avoid spreading of infectious diseases. Follow definite
migratory route and provide rest to livestock at places
having enough of grazing biomass and clean drinking
water. Avoid grazing areas having abundant poisonous
grasses during migration. Avoid migration of sick and
weak animals to avoid undue losses. Provide proper shelter
to livestock particularly kids and lambs during inclement
weather Protect livestock from predators particularly
during night hours. Animals should be counted at the time
of evening collection to avoid losses. The animals kept in
villages should be allowed to graze/ browse during cooler
hours of the day (Morning and evening for 8 to 10 hours).
Proper shelter and enough of clean drinking water should
30
be provided during the hotter periods of the day to avoid
heat and nutritional stress. Animals should be
supplemented with extra ration where-ever the village
pastures are depleted for augmenting performance. Non-
migrated flock should be continuously monitored for
parasitic load and nutritional stress. Same need to be
addressed immediately by proper dosing and nutrient
supplementation. Undertake PPR vaccination of livestock
after 15-21 days of sheep/goat pox vaccination. Same
should be repeated after every 3 years. Maintain proper
sanitation in and around the paddocks by proper cleaning
and disinfecting the paddocks.
Poultry For broiler farms
For backyard poultry
farmers.
Take care of Ventilation in the farm. Ensure clean
drinking water. Wash the waterers daily. Rinse them in
potassium permanganate solution before filling them again.
In case of doubtful water quality, use of water sanitizers is
advocated. Look for clumps in feed. Clumping indicated
spoilage. Never use spoiled/suspected feed for feeding.
Store feed in damp proof, well ventilated rooms on wooden
planks and stack feed bags away from the wall. Keep space
between stacks also. Adhere strictly to the vaccination
schedule.
Save newly hatched chicks from predators. Confine them
to wire mesh or cane enclosures. Periodic cleaning and use
of bedding material in pens is recommended Ensure
vaccination against Ranikhet Disease using R2B vaccine.
Periodic de-worming of poultry birds and spraying of anti-
ectoparasitic solution in the pens is recommended to
prevent parasitic infestation.
Flowers Care and
maintenance/Harvesting
of seed/Bulbs
Inspect tulip and iris bulbs in storage and discard diseased
and rotten ones if any. Keep moist and weed free flower
beds by watering, weeding and hoeing regularly as and
when needed. Prepare beds for sowing the seeds of spring
flowering annuals. Keep on harvesting of Gladiolus cut
flowers
Apiculture Care and maintenance
Protect the bee colonies from wasps by installing wasp
traps or by manual flapping. Apply formic acid for mite
management @ 5ml/colony in vials. Provide artificial diet
(sugar solution) if required. Keep regular vigil to check
rubbing. Migrate bee colonies to suitable areas where flora
is available.
Sericulture
Care and maintenance Before starting Second rearing, farmers are advised to
ensure complete disinfection of rearing rooms and rearing
appliances by spraying with 2%formaline+0.5% slaked
lime, farmers can also spray with 5% solution of bleaching
powder for disinfection of rearing appliances and rearing
rooms after silkworm rearing is over. Farmers can also
disinfect rearing appliances by keeping in direct sunlight.
31
Ensure complete sun drying/stifling of Harvested cocoons
after sorting out of defective ones. The harvested cocoons
should be preserved in safe containers or by hanging them
under roofs of houses to avoid rodent and pest damage till
marketing will be done in your area.
Mushroom
Cultivation
Button mushroom Proper preventive measures should always be taken against
any pest/ diseases and competitor moulds and its further
dissemination in other trays or bags. used compost should
not be kept in the vicinity of the growing rooms. After
termination of the crop the trays should be thoroughly
disinfected by dipping in formalin (2%) solution. The
rooms should be disinfected with (2%) formalin spray after
termination of the crop.
Agro
forestry/forestr
y
Maintenance Weeding and hoeing operations to be done in agro forestry
systems/models. Forest nurseries need to be irrigated
during early morning and evening hours to avoid
desiccation/stress due to heat. Avoid irrigation in nurseries,
if rain is predicted in forecast on that day. Diseased
seedlings in nursery should be immediately isolated from
the healthy ones and treated separately with the
recommended fungicides. Massive outbreak of
disease/insect damage must be reported to the concerned
scientist/expert for remedial measures.
Fisheries
Developmental stages
Disinfect nets and farm equipments with soap water/
KMnO4 before use. In view of the flash floods ensure that
no muddy water enter your raceway/pond, and maintain
constant water level in trout raceways. Regularly monitor
water quality parameters in grow-out and rearing ponds. In
case of any disease outbreak, bring the fish and moribund
fish samples to AAHM Lab. Also Use Fish health android
App. Pulwama
Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 04.08.2021
Parameters 31
01
02
03
04
Rainfall (mm) 5 3 2 3 2 Max. Temp. (deg. C) 28 29 29 29 30 Min. Temp. (deg. C) 20 21 21 21 21
Max. Relative humidity (%) 90 90 90 90 90
Min. Relative humidity (%) 65 60 60 60 60
Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1
Wind direction (deg.) 100 35 30 45 60
Total cloud cover (octa) 8 7 6 7 6
Fodder crops Sowing Intercultural operations in fodder kharif crops i.e Sorghum,
Bajra and Fodder maize should be carried out only when
the soil becomes workable. If the crop has reached knee
high stage apply urea @ 5 kg/kanal as top dose in case of
fodder cereals and 3 kg/ kanal in fodder cereal-legume
mixtures only after weather becomes favourable.
Rice Maintenance Apply 2nd top dose of urea 55 to 60 DAT @ 3.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in lower belts, 2.25 kg (per
32
kanal) for varieties planted in higher belts and 2.45 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in water logged conditions after
transplantation.
Maize (grain) Care & Maintenance Irrigated: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 4.0 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 3.25 kg (per kanal) for composites
Rainfed: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 2.5 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 2.0 kg (per kanal) for composites.
Saffron Care & Maintenance Uprooting of corms for fresh plantation should be done in
1st fortnight of July. Ensure safe storage of corms under
ambient room conditions in cool places with proper
aeration. Spread corms as thin layer on gunny bags.
Ensure sorting of bigger (>8g) and healthy corms by 2nd
fortnight of July. To ensure proper and quick rooting,
loose scales along with mother corm residues should be
removed from the corms. Before sowing saffron corms
should be given initial corm treatment for 5 to 10 minutes
using carbendizime 50 WP @ 0.1% and 75 WP Mancozeb
@ 0.3% followed by shade drying.
Apple
Fruit Development-IV
12-18 days after FD-III
Zineb 68 %+ hexaconazole 4% 72 WP @100 g / 100 litres
of water
OR
Hexaconazole 5 EC @ 50 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Myclobutanil 10 WP @ 70 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Metiram55% + pyraclostrobin 5% 60 WG @ 100 g/ 100
litres of water
b). For Marssonina, Sooty blotch and Flyspeck
Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 27 SC @ 600 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Propineb 70 WP 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 80 WP 200 g/ 100 litres of water
Important Instructions:
Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of weeds,
pruned or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper
central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days
between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing of
fungicides, insecticide and other chemicals. Same
fungicide should not be repeated continuously in two
sprays.
33
Vegetables Various growth stages Sowing of kale, knol khol, cabbage and cauliflower may
carried out in well prepared open nursery when weather
permits. Land may be prepared for sowing of carrot.
Threshing of seed crops (carrot, coriander, beet, fenugreek,
radish, etc) should be done during dry sunny hours.
Remove field heat in onion, garlic and potato before
shifting to storage. Maintain weed free conditions in all
vegetable crops.
Cattle
Cow Sporadic cases of FMD have started pouring in at our
university veterinary hospital from different parts of the
valley. FMD is a viral disease of cloven-hooved animals
like cattle, sheep, goats, and buffalo. It spreads very
quickly from animal to animal, and from herd to herd
resulting in outbreaks. There is no specific treatment to the
disease. Death rate in adult animals is normally low but it
is highly fatal new borne. Big losses occur from lack of
weight gain, reduced milk yield and mastitis, and general
un-thriftiness. Abortion and infertility may also be seen
after recovery from acute disease. Vaccination and
precautionary measures are the only ways to contain the
disease. Get your animals aged 4 months and above
vaccinated once in 6 months. Infected animals should be
immediately separated since all excretions and secretions
from infected animals contain the virus. Avoid moving
animals from one part of the farm to another if possible.
Keep different species of livestock separate where possible,
as sheep do not always show obvious signs of the disease
and you could inadvertently infect other animals. All feed
and fodder in contact with the infected animal should be
destroyed. All equipment used should be cleaned and
disinfected with 4% sodium carbonate solution. Healthy
animals should not be handled by persons in contact with
infected animals. Carcasses should be burnt or buried. The
infected premises should be disinfected with 4% sodium
carbonate solution or any other available disinfectant like
sodium hydroxide, or acetic acid. The infected animal
would exhibit various symptoms like, quivering of lips,
drooling of stringy saliva in long ropes, vesicles on the
nose and in the mouth, and between the claws, high fever
and lameness. Animal would consume only liquids or stop
eating and drinking completely. Treatment is only
symptomatic. Better to consult local veterinarian for
treating your animal. However, broad spectrum antibiotics
to check secondary bacterial infection, analgesics to control
fever and various tonics to keep animal active are
advisable. Mouth wash with potassium permanganate,
sodium carbonate, boric acid and glycerine; and foot bath
with phenyl should be performed. Commercially available
creams for treating oral lesions like BoroG, Lexanox plus
are showing promising results. In case of any difficulty or
query, kindly feel free to contact any clinical scientist
panelled on Telemedicine Portal available on Skuast K
34
website.
Sheep and goat
Avoid mixing of flocks whether migrating or migrated to
avoid spreading of infectious diseases. Follow definite
migratory route and provide rest to livestock at places
having enough of grazing biomass and clean drinking
water. Avoid grazing areas having abundant poisonous
grasses during migration. Avoid migration of sick and
weak animals to avoid undue losses. Provide proper shelter
to livestock particularly kids and lambs during inclement
weather Protect livestock from predators particularly
during night hours. Animals should be counted at the time
of evening collection to avoid losses. The animals kept in
villages should be allowed to graze/ browse during cooler
hours of the day (Morning and evening for 8 to 10 hours).
Proper shelter and enough of clean drinking water should
be provided during the hotter periods of the day to avoid
heat and nutritional stress. Animals should be
supplemented with extra ration where-ever the village
pastures are depleted for augmenting performance. Non-
migrated flock should be continuously monitored for
parasitic load and nutritional stress. Same need to be
addressed immediately by proper dosing and nutrient
supplementation. Undertake PPR vaccination of livestock
after 15-21 days of sheep/goat pox vaccination. Same
should be repeated after every 3 years. Maintain proper
sanitation in and around the paddocks by proper cleaning
and disinfecting the paddocks.
Poultry For broiler farms
For backyard poultry
farmers.
Take care of Ventilation in the farm. Ensure clean
drinking water. Wash the waterers daily. Rinse them in
potassium permanganate solution before filling them again.
In case of doubtful water quality, use of water sanitizers is
advocated. Look for clumps in feed. Clumping indicated
spoilage. Never use spoiled/suspected feed for feeding.
Store feed in damp proof, well ventilated rooms on wooden
planks and stack feed bags away from the wall. Keep space
between stacks also. Adhere strictly to the vaccination
schedule.
Save newly hatched chicks from predators. Confine them
to wire mesh or cane enclosures. Periodic cleaning and use
of bedding material in pens is recommended Ensure
vaccination against Ranikhet Disease using R2B vaccine.
Periodic de-worming of poultry birds and spraying of anti-
ectoparasitic solution in the pens is recommended to
prevent parasitic infestation.
Flowers Care and
maintenance/Harvesting
Inspect tulip and iris bulbs in storage and discard diseased
and rotten ones if any. Keep moist and weed free flower
35
of seed/Bulbs beds by watering, weeding and hoeing regularly as and
when needed. Prepare beds for sowing the seeds of spring
flowering annuals. Keep on harvesting of Gladiolus cut
flowers
Apiculture Care and maintenance
Protect the bee colonies from wasps by installing wasp
traps or by manual flapping. Apply formic acid for mite
management @ 5ml/colony in vials. Provide artificial diet
(sugar solution) if required. Keep regular vigil to check
rubbing. Migrate bee colonies to suitable areas where flora
is available.
Sericulture
Care and maintenance Before starting Second rearing, farmers are advised to
ensure complete disinfection of rearing rooms and rearing
appliances by spraying with 2%formaline+0.5% slaked
lime, farmers can also spray with 5% solution of bleaching
powder for disinfection of rearing appliances and rearing
rooms after silkworm rearing is over. Farmers can also
disinfect rearing appliances by keeping in direct sunlight.
Ensure complete sun drying/stifling of Harvested cocoons
after sorting out of defective ones. The harvested cocoons
should be preserved in safe containers or by hanging them
under roofs of houses to avoid rodent and pest damage till
marketing will be done in your area.
Mushroom
Cultivation
Button mushroom Proper preventive measures should always be taken against
any pest/ diseases and competitor moulds and its further
dissemination in other trays or bags. used compost should
not be kept in the vicinity of the growing rooms. After
termination of the crop the trays should be thoroughly
disinfected by dipping in formalin (2%) solution. The
rooms should be disinfected with (2%) formalin spray after
termination of the crop.
Agro
forestry/forestr
y
Maintenance Weeding and hoeing operations to be done in agro forestry
systems/models. Forest nurseries need to be irrigated
during early morning and evening hours to avoid
desiccation/stress due to heat. Avoid irrigation in nurseries,
if rain is predicted in forecast on that day. Diseased
seedlings in nursery should be immediately isolated from
the healthy ones and treated separately with the
recommended fungicides. Massive outbreak of
disease/insect damage must be reported to the concerned
scientist/expert for remedial measures.
Fisheries
Developmental stages
Disinfect nets and farm equipments with soap water/
KMnO4 before use. In view of the flash floods ensure that
no muddy water enter your raceway/pond, and maintain
constant water level in trout raceways. Regularly monitor
water quality parameters in grow-out and rearing ponds. In
case of any disease outbreak, bring the fish and moribund
fish samples to AAHM Lab. Also Use Fish health android
App.
Shopian
Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 04.08.2021
36
Parameters 31
01
02
03
04
Rainfall (mm) 10 5 3 5 2 Max. Temp. (deg. C) 26 26 27 27 28 Min. Temp. (deg. C) 18 18 19 18 19
Max. Relative humidity (%) 95 95 90 95 90
Min. Relative humidity (%) 70 65 65 65 60
Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1
Wind direction (deg.) 130 285 255 270 205
Total cloud cover (octa) 8 7 6 7 6
Fodder crops Sowing Intercultural operations in fodder kharif crops i.e Sorghum,
Bajra and Fodder maize should be carried out only when
the soil becomes workable. If the crop has reached knee
high stage apply urea @ 5 kg/kanal as top dose in case of
fodder cereals and 3 kg/ kanal in fodder cereal-legume
mixtures only after weather becomes favourable.
Rice Maintenance Apply 2nd top dose of urea 55 to 60 DAT @ 3.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in lower belts, 2.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in higher belts and 2.45 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in water logged conditions after
transplantation.
Maize (grain) Care & Maintenance Irrigated: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 4.0 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 3.25 kg (per kanal) for composites
Rainfed: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 2.5 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 2.0 kg (per kanal) for composites.
Saffron Care & Maintenance Uprooting of corms for fresh plantation should be done in
1st fortnight of July. Ensure safe storage of corms under
ambient room conditions in cool places with proper
aeration. Spread corms as thin layer on gunny bags.
Ensure sorting of bigger (>8g) and healthy corms by 2nd
fortnight of July. To ensure proper and quick rooting,
loose scales along with mother corm residues should be
removed from the corms. Before sowing saffron corms
should be given initial corm treatment for 5 to 10 minutes
using carbendizime 50 WP @ 0.1% and 75 WP Mancozeb
@ 0.3% followed by shade drying.
Apple
Fruit Development-IV
12-18 days after FD-III
Zineb 68 %+ hexaconazole 4% 72 WP @100 g / 100 litres
of water
OR
Hexaconazole 5 EC @ 50 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Myclobutanil 10 WP @ 70 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Metiram55% + pyraclostrobin 5% 60 WG @ 100 g/ 100
litres of water
b). For Marssonina, Sooty blotch and Flyspeck
Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
37
Ziram 27 SC @ 600 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Propineb 70 WP 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 80 WP 200 g/ 100 litres of water
Important Instructions:
Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of weeds,
pruned or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper
central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days
between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing of
fungicides, insecticide and other chemicals. Same
fungicide should not be repeated continuously in two
sprays.
Vegetables Various growth stages Sowing of kale, knol khol, cabbage and cauliflower may
carried out in well prepared open nursery when weather
permits. Land may be prepared for sowing of carrot.
Threshing of seed crops (carrot, coriander, beet, fenugreek,
radish, etc) should be done during dry sunny hours.
Remove field heat in onion, garlic and potato before
shifting to storage. Maintain weed free conditions in all
vegetable crops.
Cattle
Cow Sporadic cases of FMD have started pouring in at our
university veterinary hospital from different parts of the
valley. FMD is a viral disease of cloven-hooved animals
like cattle, sheep, goats, and buffalo. It spreads very
quickly from animal to animal, and from herd to herd
resulting in outbreaks. There is no specific treatment to the
disease. Death rate in adult animals is normally low but it
is highly fatal new borne. Big losses occur from lack of
weight gain, reduced milk yield and mastitis, and general
un-thriftiness. Abortion and infertility may also be seen
after recovery from acute disease. Vaccination and
precautionary measures are the only ways to contain the
disease. Get your animals aged 4 months and above
vaccinated once in 6 months. Infected animals should be
immediately separated since all excretions and secretions
from infected animals contain the virus. Avoid moving
animals from one part of the farm to another if possible.
Keep different species of livestock separate where possible,
as sheep do not always show obvious signs of the disease
and you could inadvertently infect other animals. All feed
and fodder in contact with the infected animal should be
destroyed. All equipment used should be cleaned and
disinfected with 4% sodium carbonate solution. Healthy
animals should not be handled by persons in contact with
infected animals. Carcasses should be burnt or buried. The
infected premises should be disinfected with 4% sodium
carbonate solution or any other available disinfectant like
sodium hydroxide, or acetic acid. The infected animal
would exhibit various symptoms like, quivering of lips,
drooling of stringy saliva in long ropes, vesicles on the
38
nose and in the mouth, and between the claws, high fever
and lameness. Animal would consume only liquids or stop
eating and drinking completely. Treatment is only
symptomatic. Better to consult local veterinarian for
treating your animal. However, broad spectrum antibiotics
to check secondary bacterial infection, analgesics to control
fever and various tonics to keep animal active are
advisable. Mouth wash with potassium permanganate,
sodium carbonate, boric acid and glycerine; and foot bath
with phenyl should be performed. Commercially available
creams for treating oral lesions like BoroG, Lexanox plus
are showing promising results. In case of any difficulty or
query, kindly feel free to contact any clinical scientist
panelled on Telemedicine Portal available on Skuast K
website.
Sheep and goat
Avoid mixing of flocks whether migrating or migrated to
avoid spreading of infectious diseases. Follow definite
migratory route and provide rest to livestock at places
having enough of grazing biomass and clean drinking
water. Avoid grazing areas having abundant poisonous
grasses during migration. Avoid migration of sick and
weak animals to avoid undue losses. Provide proper shelter
to livestock particularly kids and lambs during inclement
weather Protect livestock from predators particularly
during night hours. Animals should be counted at the time
of evening collection to avoid losses. The animals kept in
villages should be allowed to graze/ browse during cooler
hours of the day (Morning and evening for 8 to 10 hours).
Proper shelter and enough of clean drinking water should
be provided during the hotter periods of the day to avoid
heat and nutritional stress. Animals should be
supplemented with extra ration where-ever the village
pastures are depleted for augmenting performance. Non-
migrated flock should be continuously monitored for
parasitic load and nutritional stress. Same need to be
addressed immediately by proper dosing and nutrient
supplementation. Undertake PPR vaccination of livestock
after 15-21 days of sheep/goat pox vaccination. Same
should be repeated after every 3 years. Maintain proper
sanitation in and around the paddocks by proper cleaning
and disinfecting the paddocks.
Poultry For broiler farms
Take care of Ventilation in the farm. Ensure clean
drinking water. Wash the waterers daily. Rinse them in
potassium permanganate solution before filling them again.
In case of doubtful water quality, use of water sanitizers is
advocated. Look for clumps in feed. Clumping indicated
spoilage. Never use spoiled/suspected feed for feeding.
39
For backyard poultry
farmers.
Store feed in damp proof, well ventilated rooms on wooden
planks and stack feed bags away from the wall. Keep space
between stacks also. Adhere strictly to the vaccination
schedule.
Save newly hatched chicks from predators. Confine them
to wire mesh or cane enclosures. Periodic cleaning and use
of bedding material in pens is recommended Ensure
vaccination against Ranikhet Disease using R2B vaccine.
Periodic de-worming of poultry birds and spraying of anti-
ectoparasitic solution in the pens is recommended to
prevent parasitic infestation.
Flowers Care and
maintenance/Harvesting
of seed/Bulbs
Inspect tulip and iris bulbs in storage and discard diseased
and rotten ones if any. Keep moist and weed free flower
beds by watering, weeding and hoeing regularly as and
when needed. Prepare beds for sowing the seeds of spring
flowering annuals. Keep on harvesting of Gladiolus cut
flowers
Apiculture Care and maintenance
Protect the bee colonies from wasps by installing wasp
traps or by manual flapping. Apply formic acid for mite
management @ 5ml/colony in vials. Provide artificial diet
(sugar solution) if required. Keep regular vigil to check
rubbing. Migrate bee colonies to suitable areas where flora
is available.
Sericulture
Care and maintenance Before starting Second rearing, farmers are advised to
ensure complete disinfection of rearing rooms and rearing
appliances by spraying with 2%formaline+0.5% slaked
lime, farmers can also spray with 5% solution of bleaching
powder for disinfection of rearing appliances and rearing
rooms after silkworm rearing is over. Farmers can also
disinfect rearing appliances by keeping in direct sunlight.
Ensure complete sun drying/stifling of Harvested cocoons
after sorting out of defective ones. The harvested cocoons
should be preserved in safe containers or by hanging them
under roofs of houses to avoid rodent and pest damage till
marketing will be done in your area.
Mushroom
Cultivation
Button mushroom Proper preventive measures should always be taken against
any pest/ diseases and competitor moulds and its further
dissemination in other trays or bags. used compost should
not be kept in the vicinity of the growing rooms. After
termination of the crop the trays should be thoroughly
disinfected by dipping in formalin (2%) solution. The
rooms should be disinfected with (2%) formalin spray after
termination of the crop.
Agro
forestry/forestr
y
Maintenance Weeding and hoeing operations to be done in agro forestry
systems/models. Forest nurseries need to be irrigated
during early morning and evening hours to avoid
desiccation/stress due to heat. Avoid irrigation in nurseries,
if rain is predicted in forecast on that day. Diseased
seedlings in nursery should be immediately isolated from
the healthy ones and treated separately with the
40
recommended fungicides. Massive outbreak of
disease/insect damage must be reported to the concerned
scientist/expert for remedial measures.
Fisheries
Developmental stages
Disinfect nets and farm equipments with soap water/
KMnO4 before use. In view of the flash floods ensure that
no muddy water enter your raceway/pond, and maintain
constant water level in trout raceways. Regularly monitor
water quality parameters in grow-out and rearing ponds. In
case of any disease outbreak, bring the fish and moribund
fish samples to AAHM Lab. Also Use Fish health android
App.
Kulgam
Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 04.08.2021
Parameters 31
01
02
03
04
Rainfall (mm) 31 1 2 3 4 Max. Temp. (deg. C) 10 5 5 5 3 Min. Temp. (deg. C) 28 29 29 29 30
Max. Relative humidity (%) 19 20 20 20 21 Min. Relative humidity (%) 95 95 95 95 90
Wind speed (kmph) 80 80 80 75 75
Wind direction (deg.) 1 1 1 1 1
Total cloud cover (octa) 105 220 280 295 280
Fodder crops Sowing Intercultural operations in fodder kharif crops i.e Sorghum,
Bajra and Fodder maize should be carried out only when
the soil becomes workable. If the crop has reached knee
high stage apply urea @ 5 kg/kanal as top dose in case of
fodder cereals and 3 kg/ kanal in fodder cereal-legume
mixtures only after weather becomes favourable.
Rice Maintenance Apply 2nd top dose of urea 55 to 60 DAT @ 3.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in lower belts, 2.25 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in higher belts and 2.45 kg (per
kanal) for varieties planted in water logged conditions after
transplantation.
Maize (grain) Care & Maintenance Irrigated: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 4.0 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 3.25 kg (per kanal) for composites
Rainfed: Apply 2nd top dose of urea @ 2.5 kg (per kanal)
for Hybrids and 2.0 kg (per kanal) for composites.
Saffron Care & Maintenance Uprooting of corms for fresh plantation should be done in
1st fortnight of July. Ensure safe storage of corms under
ambient room conditions in cool places with proper
aeration. Spread corms as thin layer on gunny bags.
Ensure sorting of bigger (>8g) and healthy corms by 2nd
fortnight of July. To ensure proper and quick rooting,
loose scales along with mother corm residues should be
removed from the corms. Before sowing saffron corms
should be given initial corm treatment for 5 to 10 minutes
using carbendizime 50 WP @ 0.1% and 75 WP Mancozeb
41
@ 0.3% followed by shade drying.
Apple
Fruit Development-IV
12-18 days after FD-III
Zineb 68 %+ hexaconazole 4% 72 WP @100 g / 100 litres
of water
OR
Hexaconazole 5 EC @ 50 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Myclobutanil 10 WP @ 70 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Metiram55% + pyraclostrobin 5% 60 WG @ 100 g/ 100
litres of water
b). For Marssonina, Sooty blotch and Flyspeck
Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 27 SC @ 600 ml/ 100 litres of water
OR
Propineb 70 WP 300 g/ 100 litres of water
OR
Ziram 80 WP 200 g/ 100 litres of water
Important Instructions:
Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of weeds,
pruned or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper
central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days
between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing of
fungicides, insecticide and other chemicals. Same
fungicide should not be repeated continuously in two
sprays.
Vegetables Various growth stages Sowing of kale, knol khol, cabbage and cauliflower may
carried out in well prepared open nursery when weather
permits. Land may be prepared for sowing of carrot.
Threshing of seed crops (carrot, coriander, beet, fenugreek,
radish, etc) should be done during dry sunny hours.
Remove field heat in onion, garlic and potato before
shifting to storage. Maintain weed free conditions in all
vegetable crops.
Cattle
Cow Sporadic cases of FMD have started pouring in at our
university veterinary hospital from different parts of the
valley. FMD is a viral disease of cloven-hooved animals
like cattle, sheep, goats, and buffalo. It spreads very
quickly from animal to animal, and from herd to herd
resulting in outbreaks. There is no specific treatment to the
disease. Death rate in adult animals is normally low but it
is highly fatal new borne. Big losses occur from lack of
weight gain, reduced milk yield and mastitis, and general
un-thriftiness. Abortion and infertility may also be seen
after recovery from acute disease. Vaccination and
precautionary measures are the only ways to contain the
disease. Get your animals aged 4 months and above
vaccinated once in 6 months. Infected animals should be
42
immediately separated since all excretions and secretions
from infected animals contain the virus. Avoid moving
animals from one part of the farm to another if possible.
Keep different species of livestock separate where possible,
as sheep do not always show obvious signs of the disease
and you could inadvertently infect other animals. All feed
and fodder in contact with the infected animal should be
destroyed. All equipment used should be cleaned and
disinfected with 4% sodium carbonate solution. Healthy
animals should not be handled by persons in contact with
infected animals. Carcasses should be burnt or buried. The
infected premises should be disinfected with 4% sodium
carbonate solution or any other available disinfectant like
sodium hydroxide, or acetic acid. The infected animal
would exhibit various symptoms like, quivering of lips,
drooling of stringy saliva in long ropes, vesicles on the
nose and in the mouth, and between the claws, high fever
and lameness. Animal would consume only liquids or stop
eating and drinking completely. Treatment is only
symptomatic. Better to consult local veterinarian for
treating your animal. However, broad spectrum antibiotics
to check secondary bacterial infection, analgesics to control
fever and various tonics to keep animal active are
advisable. Mouth wash with potassium permanganate,
sodium carbonate, boric acid and glycerine; and foot bath
with phenyl should be performed. Commercially available
creams for treating oral lesions like BoroG, Lexanox plus
are showing promising results. In case of any difficulty or
query, kindly feel free to contact any clinical scientist
panelled on Telemedicine Portal available on Skuast K
website.
Sheep and goat
Avoid mixing of flocks whether migrating or migrated to
avoid spreading of infectious diseases. Follow definite
migratory route and provide rest to livestock at places
having enough of grazing biomass and clean drinking
water. Avoid grazing areas having abundant poisonous
grasses during migration. Avoid migration of sick and
weak animals to avoid undue losses. Provide proper shelter
to livestock particularly kids and lambs during inclement
weather Protect livestock from predators particularly
during night hours. Animals should be counted at the time
of evening collection to avoid losses. The animals kept in
villages should be allowed to graze/ browse during cooler
hours of the day (Morning and evening for 8 to 10 hours).
Proper shelter and enough of clean drinking water should
be provided during the hotter periods of the day to avoid
heat and nutritional stress. Animals should be
supplemented with extra ration where-ever the village
pastures are depleted for augmenting performance. Non-
43
migrated flock should be continuously monitored for
parasitic load and nutritional stress. Same need to be
addressed immediately by proper dosing and nutrient
supplementation. Undertake PPR vaccination of livestock
after 15-21 days of sheep/goat pox vaccination. Same
should be repeated after every 3 years. Maintain proper
sanitation in and around the paddocks by proper cleaning
and disinfecting the paddocks.
Poultry For broiler farms
For backyard poultry
farmers.
Take care of Ventilation in the farm. Ensure clean
drinking water. Wash the waterers daily. Rinse them in
potassium permanganate solution before filling them again.
In case of doubtful water quality, use of water sanitizers is
advocated. Look for clumps in feed. Clumping indicated
spoilage. Never use spoiled/suspected feed for feeding.
Store feed in damp proof, well ventilated rooms on wooden
planks and stack feed bags away from the wall. Keep space
between stacks also. Adhere strictly to the vaccination
schedule.
Save newly hatched chicks from predators. Confine them
to wire mesh or cane enclosures. Periodic cleaning and use
of bedding material in pens is recommended Ensure
vaccination against Ranikhet Disease using R2B vaccine.
Periodic de-worming of poultry birds and spraying of anti-
ectoparasitic solution in the pens is recommended to
prevent parasitic infestation.
Flowers Care and
maintenance/Harvesting
of seed/Bulbs
Inspect tulip and iris bulbs in storage and discard diseased
and rotten ones if any. Keep moist and weed free flower
beds by watering, weeding and hoeing regularly as and
when needed. Prepare beds for sowing the seeds of spring
flowering annuals. Keep on harvesting of Gladiolus cut
flowers
Apiculture Care and maintenance
Protect the bee colonies from wasps by installing wasp
traps or by manual flapping. Apply formic acid for mite
management @ 5ml/colony in vials. Provide artificial diet
(sugar solution) if required. Keep regular vigil to check
rubbing. Migrate bee colonies to suitable areas where flora
is available.
Sericulture
Care and maintenance Before starting Second rearing, farmers are advised to
ensure complete disinfection of rearing rooms and rearing
appliances by spraying with 2%formaline+0.5% slaked
lime, farmers can also spray with 5% solution of bleaching
powder for disinfection of rearing appliances and rearing
rooms after silkworm rearing is over. Farmers can also
disinfect rearing appliances by keeping in direct sunlight.
Ensure complete sun drying/stifling of Harvested cocoons
after sorting out of defective ones. The harvested cocoons
should be preserved in safe containers or by hanging them
under roofs of houses to avoid rodent and pest damage till
marketing will be done in your area.
44
Mushroom
Cultivation
Button mushroom Proper preventive measures should always be taken against
any pest/ diseases and competitor moulds and its further
dissemination in other trays or bags. used compost should
not be kept in the vicinity of the growing rooms. After
termination of the crop the trays should be thoroughly
disinfected by dipping in formalin (2%) solution. The
rooms should be disinfected with (2%) formalin spray after
termination of the crop.
Agro
forestry/forestr
y
Maintenance Weeding and hoeing operations to be done in agro forestry
systems/models. Forest nurseries need to be irrigated
during early morning and evening hours to avoid
desiccation/stress due to heat. Avoid irrigation in nurseries,
if rain is predicted in forecast on that day. Diseased
seedlings in nursery should be immediately isolated from
the healthy ones and treated separately with the
recommended fungicides. Massive outbreak of
disease/insect damage must be reported to the concerned
scientist/expert for remedial measures.
Fisheries
Developmental stages
Disinfect nets and farm equipments with soap water/
KMnO4 before use. In view of the flash floods ensure that
no muddy water enter your raceway/pond, and maintain
constant water level in trout raceways. Regularly monitor
water quality parameters in grow-out and rearing ponds. In
case of any disease outbreak, bring the fish and moribund
fish samples to AAHM Lab. Also Use Fish health android
App.
General guidelines to farmers for protection against COVID-19 disease.
Maintain physical distance (min 2m) while working at farm facility. Use protective gear while
marketing the produce. Disinfect the farm area regularly. Entry of visitors or outsiders is to be
restricted. Only those who are free from symptoms of cold/flu/fever etc should be allowed to
work in the farm. After work, wash your hands and legs thoroughly at least for 20-30 sec with
soap. Don’t spit in open especially in farm premises. Disinfect all farm equipments using
bleaching powder (15-20g in 10L of water) or Sodium hypochloride (0.25%).Take warm
water bath after attending farm work.
Note: There are no reports of covid-19 transmission from animals to humans.
(Nodal Officer)
“Before sowing, ensure treatment of seeds with recommended pesticides / biopesticides.”
“ Carry out open field operations when the soil becomes workable and under favorable
weather conditions”