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Lentil is mostly grown in the northern plains, central and eastern parts of India. It is grown on about 10 lakh hectares of land. India ranks first in the world in respect of production as well as acreage. Lentil requires cold climate. It can tolerate cold and frost winter up to great extent. It can be grown successfully at the height of 3000 metres. It requires cold temperature during its vegatative growth and warm temperature at a time of maturity. The optimum temperature for growth is 18-30 degree centigrade. Lentil is sown in the winter season. It is very hardy and can tolerate frost and severe winter to great extent. Lentil can be grown on a variety of soils such as light loams; alluvial soils and black cotton soils. This crop is also suited to the poorer types of soils, low lying areas such as paddy fields and even to moderate alkaline soils.
