Dear Dr. Murthy,

Dr. Y. G. Prasad, Senior Scientist (E mail ID: [log in to unmask])
and Dr. Desai, Senior Scientist both from CRIDA are working on
"Development of Weather Based Forewarning Systems for Crop Pests and
Diseases" under Indian conditions. So, you please contact them to get
their experiences.

Dr. Srinivasa Rao Gattineni
(040) 55791128 / 9848127159

----- Original Message -----
From: vasiraju murthy <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, October 3, 2004 10:17 pm
Subject: Information on growing degree days-requested

> Dear INSAM,DSSAT,AGROMET-L members,
>
> Regards and wishes,
>
> In the WMO's "Lecture notes for training agricultural meteorological
> personnel"preared by Jon Wieringa and Jakob Lomas,Second
> edition,2001, as
> WMO-no.551 ,under Chater 8 --Oerational agrometeorology--in page
> no 129 it
> is mentioned as followed.
>
> The need for --------.Another insect pest which can only be
> controlled by
> close cooperation between meteorologists and entomologists is the
> codlingmoth-----when the catch becomes significant ,'Biofix
> day',is decided for the
> area around the station,as the starting day for accumulating
> degree days
> with base temerature 10 degrees C,and ceiling temerature 32
> degrees C.First
> pesticide spray alert is at when accumulated growing degree days
> reach 640
> from "biofix'----.
>
> My question is--- where is such research as also operational
> agrometeorological service /forecast is going on in the world now ?
>
> I shall be happy to interact with him/them if the exact address as
> alsoE-mail ID's of scientists /extension workers is provided to me.
>
> Murthy.
>
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