Wheat is a _________ crop.

🔑Key Points:
Wheat
Wheat is a Rabi crop.
Temperature: Between 10-15°C (Sowing time) and 21-26°C (Ripening & Harvesting) with bright sunlight.
Rainfall: Around 75-100 cm.
Soil Type: Well-drained fertile loamy and clayey loamy (Ganga-Satluj plains and black soil region of the Deccan)
Top Wheat Producing States: Uttar Pradesh > Punjab > Madhya Pradesh > Haryana > Rajasthan.
India is the second-largest producer after China.
This is the second most important cereal crop and the main food crop, in north and north-western India.
The success of the Green Revolution contributed to the growth of Rabi crops especially wheat.
Macro Management Mode of Agriculture, National Food Security Mission, and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana are few government initiatives to support wheat cultivation.

🔴Additional Information:
 Cropping Season: Rabi
Time Period: Sown: October-December, Harvested: April-June
Crops: Wheat, barley, peas, gram, mustard, etc.
States: Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh
 Cropping Season: Kharif
Time Period: Sown: June-July, Harvested: September-October
Crops: Rice, maize, jowar, bajra, tur, moong, urad, cotton, jute, groundnut, soybean, etc.
States: Assam, West Bengal, coastal regions of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra
 Cropping Season: Zaid
Time Period: Sown and harvested: March-July (between Rabi and Kharif)
Crops: Seasonal fruits, vegetables, fodder crops, etc.
States: Most of the northern and northwestern states