Agriculture Reference
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TABLE 5.2
Summary Response of Different Phenophases in 'Dashehari' to Weather Variables During 2010-2012
Standard meteorologi-
cal week (provisional)
Calendar
month
*Vulnerable phenophases / production constraints
Meteorological /
culture event
Vegetative
flush
FBD
Flowering
Fruit
set
Development
Matu-
rity
Harvesting
42,43,44,45,46,47
October-No-
vember
*
(Leaf webber;
anthracnose)
*
-
-
-
-
-
High temperature;
un-seasonal rainfall
*
(Leaf webber;
anthracnose)
*
-
-
-
-
-
Un-seasonal rainfall;
low temperature
48,49,50,51,52,1,2,3,4
Last week of
November,
December-
January
-
*
*
-
-
-
-
Low temperatures
and its duration
*
-
*
(Mealy bugs)
-
-
-
-
Low temperatures
and frost
5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
First week
of February,
March
*
(Thrips; an-
thracnose)
-
*
(Full bloom; inflo-
rescence midge;
hoppers;blossom
blight; powdery
mildew; extent;
intensity; panicle
configuration-per-
cent hermaphrodite
flowers; pollinators'
activity)
*
(Nubbin
fruits)
*
-
-
Low / High tempera-
tures, unseasonal
rainfall/ excessive
irrigations; high rela-
tive humidity
