(Period: 24.10.2023 to 29.10.2023)

General Condition

The sky will be cloudy. High relative humidity will be experienced. There will be light rainfalls (from 2.5mm to 15.5 mm within a time span of 24 hours) in most places from October 24th to October 28th.

General Recommendations: Ensure sufficient drainage in crop fields. The weather is favorable for the spread of fungal diseases like bud rot of coconut, mahali in arecanut, quick wilt in black pepper, rhizome rot diseases in ginger and turmeric. Maintain hygiene conditions in crop fields. Infected and fallen nuts, leaves and tree parts should be removed from the fields and burnt. Provide propping to tender stem crops like banana, tomato etc. Ensure sufficient drainage in crop fields. Beware of lightning. Give popping to slender stemmed and easily lodging crops like banana, vegetables etc. Take care while drying the harvested produces like rubber, cashew nut, copra etc., directly under the sun.

Vegetables

Transplanting/ sowing:While preparing the land, incorporate lime @ 4kg/cent to the soil. Use Trichoderma enriched farm yard manure/compost. This will check the spread of wilt diseases. Before transplanting, dip the roots of the seedlings in slurry of pseudomonas (20g pseudomonas/litre of water) for 30 minutes. This will help the seedlings to grow vigorously. Also the seedlings can be sprayed with diluted pseudomonas culture solution (@20ml dissolved in one litre of water).

Coconut  

All stages: Bud rot: Detection of disease at its early stage will help to adopt efficient corrective measures. Cut and remove the affected tissues from the crown and apply Bordeaux paste. After that cover the cut surface with polythene sheets to protect it from rain falls until new leaf emerges. Burn the removed tissues immediately. As a prophylactic measure spray 1% Bordeaux mixture into the axils of top leaves of the surrounding palms

All stages: Yellowing of coconut: Incorporate lime 1kg + dolomite 1kg (per palm) to the basin of the palms. After two weeks, apply borax @ 200g/palm and zinc sulphate @ 100g/palm and magnesium sulphate @500g/palm and potash @ 2kg/palm

Arecanut

Different stages: Rot
Cut and remove the leaves and affected parts of spindle leaves. Apply Akomin 3ml/L along with Stickers 2ml/L at 25 days interval. Prophylatic application of Kocide @ 2g/L to the healthy palms is recommended. Apply lime @500g/palm

Black pepper

All stages: Foot rot: As prophylactic measure, apply 150 gram of Trichoderma enriched neem cake - cow dung mixture in the basins of the vines and incorporate thoroughly with the soil.If disease already appeared, drench soil in the plant basins with Redomil 0.2% (2g/litre of water). Spray the same on the leaves also.

Banana

Various stages of growth: Sigatoka leaf spot: There should not be any water stagnation in the basins of the crop. As a prophylactic measure spray Pseudomonas (@ 20g/litre) at fortnight intervals. If disease appears:-Cut and burn all affected leaves. Spray Carbendazim and Mancozeb (@ 2ml per litre) alternatively at fortnight intervals.

Various stages of growth: Fusarium wilt: Drench basal soil with bavistin @ 1ml/litre of water Additionally, keep small masculine cloth bag filled with 25-50g beaching powder in the basins of the plants.

Mango

All stages: Gummosis and die back:
Apply Bordeaux paste on the affected portions on the shoots. Drench hexaconazole (@2ml/litre) in the basins.

Cashew

Pre-bearing stages: Tea mosquito bug:
Prophylactic measures: 1) The fungal biological control agent, Beavaria bassiana can be sprayed @ 20g/L Or 2) Spray 1% Bordeaux mixture mixed with quinalphos (2ml/litre of Bordeaux mixture)

Turmeric

Different stages: Leaf blight:
Remove the severely affected leaves from the plants and destroy in fire. Spray copper oxy chloride on the plants (@2g/litre of water)

Vegetables

Planting: Downy mildew on cucurbits:
As a prophylactic measure apply ‘Mancozeb’(@ 2g/l of water). If disease appeared, spray Akomin® (@3ml/L) on both surfaces of the leaves, thrice at 15 days interval. Remove and burn out the infested leaves.

Animal Husbandry: Cow: Any stage: FMD (Foot and Mouth disease)

Foot and Mouth disease is a highly transmissible disease caused by infection with an Aphthovirus. The infection results in vesicular lesions in and around the mouth and on the feet, resulting in the reluctance of an animal to eat or move.
Prevention: Ensure hygienic conditions for the individual animals as well as their shelter and its surroundings. Boost the immunity of cattle by supplementing feeds with vitamins and minerals containing health tonics. If disease appears, give medication under the supervision of a Veterinary doctor immediately.

Source: KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, VELLANIKKARA, KAU POST, THRISSUR, KERALA AAS BULLETIN FOR KOZHIKODE DISTRICT AMFU,AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION
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