ABSTRACT: Increasing occurrences of episodic heat stress significantly affect crop quality traits, including those of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). The adverse effectof heat stress on seed quality was evaluated by cultivating eight chickpea genotypes under non-stress and heat stress conditions, with temperatures set at 25/15°C and 35/20°C, respectively. The genotypes exhibited notable genetic variations in "seed carbon (C, %), protein (%), phosphorus (P, %), potassium (K, %), magnesium (Mg, %), sulfur (S, %), and manganese (Mn, ppm)" concentrations under both conditions. However, no significant variations were observed for seed (S%), seed iron (Fe, ppm), and zinc (Zn, ppm), concentrations under NS conditions or seed copper (Cu, ppm) under heat stress conditions. The genotype (G) × temperature (T) i
