The cultivation of wheat dates back to more than 5000 years back during the era of Indus valley civilization
where the original species was Triticum Sphaerococcum popularly known as Indian wheat has now disappeared and
replaced by present day species- Triticum aestivum or the common Bread Wheat, Triticum durum or the Macaroni wheat
and the Triticum dicoccum or the Emmer Wheat.