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Agromet Advisory Service Bulletin
Issued jointly by IMD & State Agriculture Department
State : Karnataka
Period : 06.03.2008 to 09.03.2008

Significant Past Weather (Dt 03.03.08 to 05.03.08)
Weather Forecast
(valid till morning of 08.03.2008)
Dry weather prevailed over the State on all days.

Over Coastal Karnataka, minimum temperatures were normal on all the days. Over North Interior Karnataka, they were 2-3 deg.Cel below normal on all the days. Over South Interior Karnataka, they were 3-4 deg.Cel below normal on 03rd and 04th and were 2-3 deg.Cel below normal on 05th.

Over Coastal Karnataka, maximum temperatures were 2-3 deg.Cel above normal on all days. Over Interior Karnataka, they were normal on all days.

Highest Amount of Rainfall: Nil.

Lowest Minimum Temperature : Chamarajanagara recorded 10.6 deg.Cel on 05th.

Highest Maximum Temperature : Bellary recorded 37.1 deg.Cel on 05th.

Mainly dry weather will prevail over the State.

Temperature warning:
Nil.

Outlook for subsequent two days:
No significant change is expected over the State.

Main crops
Stage
State
Agricultural Advisories
Rabi
Maize, Jowar, Sunflower
Harvesting
Satisfactory.
Harvesting may be done.

Cotton
Harvesting
Satisfactory.
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Summer
Paddy
Transplanting/Tillering
Satisfactory.
Adopt need based irrigation.

Maize
Vegetative/Tasseling
Satisfactory.
Adopt need based irrigation.

Groundnut
Flowering/Peg penetration
Satisfactory.
Adopt need based irrigation.

Sunflower
Vegetative/Budding
Satisfactory.
Adopt need based irrigation.
Sugarcane
(Annual crop)

Sprouting/Tillering/intensive growth of shoots
Satisfactory
 Release of predators like Dipha sp, adopt wider spacing, inter-cropping with soyabean and pulses of short duration as plant protection measures against wooly aphids. Crop at 5-6 feet may be tied together (4-5 plants) to avoid lodging from dusty winds.

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