Winter-sown crops such as wheat, rapeseed, and chickpeas are typically planted from October to December and require cold conditions for optimal yield.

By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI, Feb 1 (Reuters) - India will be warmer and drier this month after an unusually warm January, the weather office said, raising risks for key winter-sown crops such as wheat, ...

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Venkatesan Sundaresan, a Distinguished Professor of plant biology and plant sciences at the University of California, Davis, ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) -India is set to see above-average temperatures in February after a warmer than normal January, the weather office said on Friday, posing a risk to key winter-sown crops such as wheat ...

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that February will be warmer than usual, with below-average rainfall and higher minimum and ...

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