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CRITICAL GROWTH STAGES AND WATER REQUIREMENTS OF IMPORTANT CROPS Crop Critical growth stages Average crop duration (days) Water requirement (mm) Rice Tiller initiation, flowering and milky stage 90-130 900-2500 Crop Critical growth stages Average crop duration (days) Water requirement (mm) Wheat Crown root initiation, flowering, joining, milky and tillering 135 400-450 Crop Critical growth stages Average crop duration (days) Water requirement (mm) Pulses Flower initiation and pod filling 90-120 250-300 Crop Critical growth stages Average crop duration (days) Water requirement (mm) Groundnut Pegging and pod formation 105 600-450 Crop Critical growth stages Average crop duration (days) Water requirement (mm) Sugarcane Emergence, tiller formation and elongation 330 1400-3000 Crop Critical growth stages Average crop duration (days) Water requirement (mm) Banana Early vegetative phase, bunch initiation and flowering 300 3000 Crop Critical growth stages Average crop duration (days) Water requirement (mm) Cassava Rooting, early tuberization and tuber development 300 400-750 Crop Critical growth stages Average crop duration (days) Water requirement (mm) Maize Silking and cob development 100 400-600 Crop Critical growth stages Average crop duration (days) Water requirement (mm) Sorghum Knee-height stage, flowering and grain filling 100-120 250-300 Crop Critical growth stagesAverage crop duration (days) Water requirement (mm) Cotton Commencement of sympodial branching, flowering, boil formation and boil bursting 165 600-700