Wheat is very sensitive to heat, especially during the final stage when its kernels mature and ripen. Indian farmers time their planting so that this stage coincides with India's usually cooler spring. But the heat in March, the hottest in India since records first started being kept in 1901, stunted crops.
Record-Shattering Heatwave Stunts India's Wheat Production
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Wheat is very sensitive to heat, especially during the final stage when its kernels mature and ripen. Indian farmers time their planting so that this stage coincides with India's usually cooler spring. But the heat in March, the hottest in India since records first started being kept in 1901, stunted crops.
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