Table 2.

Biofortification methods for chickpea.

Nutrient	Approach	Positive response	References
Selenium (Se)	Foliar application	Seed Se	Poblaciones et al., 2014
Iron (Fe)	Soil application of Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria	Soil and seed Fe	Khalid et al., 2015
Zinc (Zn)	Foliar application with Zn fertilizer	Seed Zn	Shivay et al., 2015; Pal et al., 2019
Boron (B)	Seed coating	Nodulation, yield	Hussain et al., 2020
Fe and Zn	Conventional breeding/selection/backcrosses	Seed Fe and Zn	Singh et al., 2021