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Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), the second-most important cereal crop in India, provides food and nutrition security to the majority of the country’s people. In the context of a changing climate, it is critical to understand how various weather fluctuations impact wheat crop yields. If wheat is sown at the proper time, it may be more resilient to changes in the weather during its critical stages. Selecting the optimal sowing time to avoid stressful times is crucial to aligning the crop’s phenology with the duration of favorable environmental circumstances and achieving maximum yields in a changing climate. Warm temperatures at maturity and low temperatures during vegetative growth are ideal for wheat because it is a cool-season crop.
• Temperature and radiation are the prime environmental factors affecting the growth and development of wheat by influencing the crop phenology and yield.
• The variations in average growing-season temperatures of ±2 °C can cause decline in grain yield by 50% which can be attributed to enhanced leaf senescence due to eleveated temperatures.
Cereal crop, Critical stages, Climate, Vegetative growth, Temperatures, Triticum aestivum
