Multiple dehydration/rehydration treatments improve the adaptation of Craterostigmaplantagineum to desiccation by accumulating stress-inducible transcripts, proteins and metabolites. These molecules serve as stress imprints or memory and can lead to increased stress tolerance. It has been reported
The stress stability of membranes from two drought-tolerant plants (Craterostigmaplantagineum andCeterach officinarum) was compared with that of a drought-sensitive plant (Spinacia oleracea) in model experiments. Thylakoids from these plants were exposed to excessive sugar or salt concentrations or