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Wheat is primarily a crop of mid-latitude grassland and requires a cool climate with moderate rainfall. The ideal wheat climate has winter temperature 10°C -15°C and summer temperature varying from 21°C-26°C. The temperature should be below at the time of sowing but as the harvesting time approach higher temperature are required for proper ripening of the crop. Wheat thrives well in areas receiving an annual rainfall of about 75 cm, annual rainfall of 100 cm is the highest limit of wheat cultivation. Although wheat can be grown in a variety of soils, well drained fertile, friable loams and clay loams are the best suited soils for wheat cultivation. It also grows well in the black soil of the Deccan plateau.