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Agromet Advisories

Farmers and all other farm managements are advised to follow the guidelines of Government of Bangladesh to avoid infection and social transmission of CORONA virus (COVID-19). Precautions and safety measures should be taken up to prevent the Carona virus spread. Simple measures include social distancing, maintaining personal hygiene by washing hands with soap, wearing of face mask, drink hot water, stay at home and cleaning of implements and machinery. Farmers should not work in a group; consult with a doctor in case of any symptom. Please stay at home does not visit the field until it is very necessary.

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Salient Weather Conditions & Forecast

As per the weather forecast of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) during next 24 hours’ light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over the district with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the district. Day temperature may rise slightly and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the district. As per the outlook issued by BMD for next 72 hours’ a low pressure area is likely to form over North Bay and rainfall activity may increase. During last four days, very heavy rainfall occurred over the district and as per the quantitative medium range weather forecast; there is a possibility of heavy rainfall is likely during next five days.  Detail Agromet advisory are given below.

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Aus:

• Maintain the required water level in the land.
• In Aus land, 5 kg of potash fertilizer should be applied per bigha by removing water from the land to control the disease. Use Amistar Top / Tebuconazole / Folicur fungicide if necessary.
• For bacterial leaf blight, spray 60 g of MOP, 60 g of thiovit and 20 g of zinc in 10 liters of water for every 5% of the land.
• Insecticides of Kartap group can be used to control stem borer insects and brown grasshoppers
• Insecticides of carbosulfan group can be applied to control thrips, green leaf hopper and Rice Bug insects.
• Catch and kill the insects with hand nets to control the attack of Rice Hispa insects. Apply Carbaryl / Chlorpyrifos group pesticides if there are 4 adult Rice Hispa insects or 35% damaged leaves in each bunch.
• Apply pesticides after current spell of rainfall.

Sugarcane

• Sugarcane stems can be attacked by red rot disease. Infected trees should be removed from the land along with bushes as soon as the disease is seen. Water should be removed from the sugarcane field very quickly.
• To control the Sugarcane Stem Borer, remove the soil from the base of the sugarcane with a spade. Drain out accumulated water from the land. Old dried leaves should be removed from the trees, collected and burnt or buried under the ground. Egg parasitic hornet Trichogramma Chilonis should be released in the affected land at the rate of one gram per hectare per week (approximately 50,000). Apply Virtako 40 WG (Thiamethoxam + Chlorantraniliprole) to the infested sugarcane bush in the approved dose for control of stem borer insects with pesticides or Cartop granular pesticides such as Nokotap 6G cut the shallow drains on both sides of the sugarcane row and sprinkle in the drains then cover with soil or sprinkle at the base of the tree.
• All the plant protection measure should be taken after the current spell of rainfall.

Jute:

• Drain out water immediately from jute field
• At this time scorpion insect attack can be seen. In the first stage of attack, when the insects are grouped on the leaf, the leaf including the insect should be lifted and trampled, pressed in the hole or dipped in water mixed with kerosene.
• If there is an attack of horse insects, if birds are allowed to sit on bamboo or tree branches in the field, the birds will help in controlling the insects by eating them. In case of severe infestation, spray 1.5 ml of Haginon 60 EC or 1.5 g of Imidocolor 10 WP or 0.5 ml of Sevin 75 SP per liter of water.
• In case of black spot disease in jute plant, mix 20 g of Dithane M-45 or Indofil M-45 in 10 liters of water and spray on the soil at the base of the plant for 2/3 consecutive days.

• Apply pesticides after current spell of rainfall.

​Vegetables

• Arrange for hand pollination of pumpkin vegetables. If beetles appear, kill them by hand in the morning and afternoon.
• In case of infestation of eggplant tip and fruit borer insects, cut and destroy the affected tip along with the insects. Insect reproduction is likely to be greatly reduced by using pheromone traps. Use spray of approval dose of insecticides, if necessary or recommended local organic insecticides may be used.
• In case of fly infestation in pumpkin, use pheromone and poison traps together. Pesticides of Alpha-Cypermethrin group can be used.

• Apply pesticides after current spell of rainfall.

• Drain out excess water from the land..

Horticultural crops

• Fruit orchards need to be intercultural operation.
• Sumithion 50 EC of Phenitrothion group should be mixed with 1.12 ml per liter of water and sprayed in the last afternoon to control flies the time of fruit maturity in mango tree. Spraying of all types of pesticides should be stopped 15-20 days before fruit collection.
• Apply Isoprocarb (MIPC) group pesticide if banana beetle infestation occurs.
• Drain out excess water from the land.

• Apply pesticides after current spell of rainfall.

Livestock

• Cattle should be fed with hay, raw grass and hand-made granular feed. Preserve paddy straw properly now.
• Vaccine the cattle to prevent disease.
• Keep the cattle house dry and clean. Use mosquito nets or earthenware pots coils at room.

• Keep cattle safe place from lightning and rain.

Poultry

• Vaccine the chickens regularly to prevent disease.
• Keep the poultry house dry and clean. Use mosquito nets or earthenware pots coils at room.

Fishery

• Now is the right time to stock fish. Prepare the pond.
• Catch all the old fish by drying the pond or applying Rotenon (25 g / decimal / ft). After 2/3 days apply 1 kg lime per decimal
• Apply fertilizer (200 g urea per decimal, 100 g TSP) and 3/4 days after lime application.
• 3/4 das after application of fertilizer, if the water color is green, store the layer-based fish fry.