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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 many places over the district with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the district. Day and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the district. As per the outlook issued by BMD for next 72 hours’ rainfall activity may decrease. During last four days, moderately heavy rainfall occurred over the district and as per the quantitative medium range weather forecast; there is a possibility of moderate 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.
• 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.
• Apply pesticides after current spell of rainfall.
• Drain out the water from the rice field 15 days before harvest.
• Collect mature crops after rains and keep them in a safe place quickly.

Aman:

• Maintain the required water level in the land.

• In case of infestation of stem borer insects, apply 180-190 gm of Cartap group or 10 gm of Thiamethoxam + Chlorantraniliprol group of pesticides per bigha for control.
• In order to control Sheath Blight Disease, potash fertilizer should be divided into two equal installments, one part should be applied in the final cultivation of land preparation and the other part should be applied in combination with the last installment of urea fertilizer.
• In case of bacterial blight, in the early stages of the disease, mix 60 gm MOP, 60 gm thiovit in 10 liters of water and apply on 5 decimal of the land. If the disease occurs before the heading stage, 5 kg of potash fertilizer should be applied per bigha.
• In case of infestation of leaf-wrapping insects, apply 180-190 gm of Cartap group or 10 gm of Thiamethoxam + Chlorantraniliprole group of pesticides per bigha for control.
• Use light traps to control insects.

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.

​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.
• In case of spider infestation, soak 1 kg half-broken neem seeds in 20 liters of water for 24 hours and spray the water (after chopping) on ​​the underside of the leaves. If the infestation is severe, spray the spider mite Omit 57 EC at the rate of 2.0 ml per liter of water or Vertimek 1.8 EC at the rate of 12 ml per 10 liters of water.

Horticultural crops

• In case of spider infestation on the coconut tree, all the young caconut of the affected tree should be cut down and burnt. Infected trees and nearby young trees should be sprayed with any spider repellent such as Omite 57 EC mixed in 1.5 ml of one liter of water.
• In case of symptoms of Sigatoka disease on banana leaves, 0.5 ml of Score or 2 g of Noin or Bavistin or 0.1 ml of Econazole / Folico should be mixed in every liter of water and sprayed 2-3 times at intervals of 15-20 days.
• Apply Isoprocarb (MIPC) group pesticide if banana beetle infestation occurs.
• In case of infestation of milli bugs on papaya trees, the infected leaves / stems including insects should be collected and destroyed at the beginning of the attack. If the infestation is severe, mix 5 gms of soapy water or Admire 200 ml at the rate of 0.25 ml per liter of water and spray 2-3 times in 15 days.

Livestock:

• Cattle should be fed with hay, raw grass and hand-made granular feed.
• Vaccinate cattle regularly 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:

• Vaccinate chickens regularly to prevent disease.
• Keep the poultry house dry and clean.
• Sprinkle potassium permanganate solution to remove odors around.

Fishery

• Large catchable fish in ponds sell in the fish Market.
• Re-reserve more than 20% of large size (6-8 kg) fish of the same species.