Modeling sensitivity of grain yield to elevated temperature in the DSSAT crop models for peanut, soybean, dry bean, chickpea, sorghum, and millet

•Testing model response to elevated temperature is critical before doing climate impacts.•Data from sunlit, controlled-climate chambers used for testing temperature response.•Model parameterization for temperature response assisted by external read-in files.•Peanut, soybean, and pearl millet more heat-tolerant than sorghum, bean, and chickpea.