Chickpeas’ Tolerance of Drought and Heat: Current Knowledge and Next Steps

The global increase in temperature and associated meteorological disruptions, such as the earlier onset of high temperatures disruptions precipitation, are becoming severely limiting factors crop cultivation. Chickpea, a cool season crop, is under direct influence heat drought stress that not only affecting this its podding stage but, with current climate trends, now also stages, flowering. deteriorating effects droughts include reduced flowering, abortion flowers absence podding; thus, yield. Further research has been conducted to identify genes correlated higher tolerance utilize them developing more tolerant varieties. Different alleviation approaches have tested it determined some positive can be seen supplementation Zn through melioration water relations, seed priming transgenic genome editing approaches. Breeding strategies for future chickpea varieties focused on identification traits an improved yield stressed conditions. In review, we reviewed recent biotechnological used crops address two major abiotic stresses (heat drought) linked change.