Agromet databank with mandal wise rainfall database of all the mandals of united Andhra Pradesh from 1971/1988 -2012 and bifurcated Andhra Pradesh from 1966/1971/1988 to 2019 for long term rainfall analysis and agroclimatic research studies.
Microlevel climatic classification of scarce rainfall zone of Andhra Pradesh.
Agroclimatic onset of crop growing season was determined for all the 670 mandals of Andhra Pradesh. Earliest agroclimatic onset of crop growing season was recorded in Paderu, Araku valley mandal of Vishakhapatnam district (4 June) and late agroclimatic onset of crop growing season was recorded in CK palli mandal of Ananthapuramu district (1 August).
Cut-off date for sowing of rainfed groundnut in Ananthapuramu district.
Developed Crop weather calendars of groundnut and bengalgram for Ananthapuramu district.
Planning of life saving irrigation to groundnut crop for dry spell management during Kharif 2016 in Ananthapuramu district and development of Life saving irrigation software for Dept. of Agriculture.
Developed rules for prediction of sowing date and phenology of groundnut based on soil properties, soil moisture, weather, crop data and development of dynamic crop weather calendar.
Conducted experiments on Impact of Fog on pod set in Bengalgram and found that spraying of KNO3 (58%), Sodium Nitro Prusside @ 150 μM (57%) and Boran @ 2g/l (56%) will help in reducing the effect of fog/low temperature on podset in chickpea, increase the podset and retain higher pods in chickpea.
Developed an Android APP “Vyavasaya Vathavaranam”, a farmer oriented agrometeorological application for faster dissemination of weather forecast and agromet advisories useful to the farmers of Andhra Pradesh for timely planning of various operations in agricultural, horticultural crops and animal husbandry.
Provided weather datalink http://aicrpamatp.in/portal to the Integrated Call Center, RYSS, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.