%O KS and AS are thanksful for financial assitance from UGC, respectively. The corresponding authors are thankful to World Vegetable Center (ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India), ICARDA, Morocco, University of Western Australia, Australia, Department of Science and Technology (for Indo-Australian Research Project and Purse grant) for funding. %K Food legumes, High temperature stress, Functional mechanisms, Reproductive function, Omics approach, Climate change, Heat tolerance, Soybean, Chickpea, Pigeon pea, Beans, Functional physiology, Heat stress, High-temperature stress %A K Sita %A A Sehgal %A B HanumanthaRao %A R M Nair %A P V Vara Prasad %A S Kumar %A P M Gaur %A M Farroq %A K H M Siddique %A R K Varshney %A H Nayyar %I Frontiers Media %V 8 %L icrisat10219 %J Frontiers in Plant Science %N 1658 %P 1-30 %R 10.3389/fpls.2017.01658 %D 2017 %T Food Legumes and Rising Temperatures: Effects, Adaptive Functional Mechanisms Specific to Reproductive Growth Stage and Strategies to Improve Heat Tolerance