1 Consideration of Combined Stress 3
Stress combination Plant species (references)
Drought + heat Arabidopsis (Koussevitzky et al. 2008 ; Rizhsky et al. 2004 ; Vile
et al. 2012 ; Wolfe and Tonsor 2014 ), tobacco (Cvikrova et al.
2013 ; Rizhsky et al. 2002 ), wheat (Keles and Oncel 2002 ; Prasad
et al. 2011 ; Rampino et al. 2012 ; Szucs et al. 2010 ; Yang et al.
2011 ), Sorghum (Johnson et al. 2014 ), Carissa spinarum (Zhang
et al. 2010 ), lotus (Sainz et al. 2010 ), soybeans (Simon-Sarkadi
et al. 2005 ), Jatropha (Silva et al. 2010 ); barley (Rollins et al.
2013 ); poplar (Centritto et al. 2011 ); prosopis (Delatorre et al.
2008 )
Drought + chilling Sugarcane (Sales et al. 2013 ), maize (Aroca 2003 )
Drought + high light Arabidopsis (Estavillo et al. 2011 ; Giraud et al. 2008 ), Haberlea
rhodopensis (Georgieva et al. 2010 ), rice (Zhou et al. 2007 ),
watermelon (Nanasato et al. 2005 ), pearl millet and Sorghum
(Masojidek et al. 1991 ); Nerium oleander (Demmig et al. 1988 )
Drought + heavy metals Red maple (de Silva et al. 2012 ); Populus cathayana (Han et al.
2013 ); oak (Sardans and Penuelas 2007 ); Stackhousia tryonii
(Bhatia et al. 2005 )
Drought + ozone Birch (Paakkonen et al. 1998 ), beech (Nunn et al. 2007 ), Medi-
cago truncatula (Iyer et al. 2013 ), Quercus (Alonso et al. 2014 ),
poplar (Bohler et al. 2013 ), Dactylis glomerata, and Ranunculus
acris (Wagg et al. 2012 ); wheat (Biswas and Jiang 2011 ; Herbin-
ger et al. 2002 ), spruce (Karlsson et al. 1997 ; Kivimaenpaa et al.
2003 ); Pinus halepensis (Manes et al. 2001 ; Fontaine et al. 2003 )
Drought + salinity Barley (Ahmed et al. 2013a, b, c); Sesuvium portulacastrum
(Slama et al. 2008 )
Drought + soil compaction Tobacco (Alameda et al. 2012 )
Drought + nutrients Maize (Kandianis et al. 2013 ; Makumburage and Stapleton
2011 ); wheat (Wei et al. 2013 ); potato (Germ et al. 2007 )
Drought + UV Maize (Makumburage et al. 2013 ); wheat (Feng et al. 2007 ; Zhao
et al. 2009 ); Arabidopsis (Comont et al. 2012 ; Schmidt et al.
2000 ); barley (Bandurska et al. 2012 ); peas (Nogues et al. 1998 );
Populus cathayana (Lu 2009 ); willows (Turtola 2006 ); soybeans
(Sullivan and Teramura 1990 )
Drought + high CO 2 Potato (Barnaby et al. 2014 ); maize (Sicher and Barnaby 2012 );
Phaseolus vulgaris (Medeiros and Ward 2013 ); Viguiera discolor
(Oliveira et al. 2013 ); eucalyptus (Crous et al. 2012 ; Duursma
et al. 2011 ; Lewis et al. 2013 ; Zeppel et al. 2011 ); maize and sor-
ghum (Allen et al. 2011 ; Kakani et al. 2011 ; Leakey et al. 2006 );
pepper (del Amor et al. 2010 ); populus (Bobich et al. 2010 );
cucumber (Li et al. 2008 ); oak and pine (Schwanz et al. 1996 )
Drought + pathogens/pest Arabidopsis (Atkinson et al. 2013 ; Anderson et al. 2004 ); tobacco
(Ramegowda et al. 2013 ); rice (Campo et al. 2012 ); Alnus fruti-
cosa (Rohrs-Richey et al. 2011 ); beet and rice (Xu et al. 2008 )
Salinity + heat Tomato (Rivero et al. 2014 ); poplar (Behnke et al. 2013 ); Arte-
misia (Wen et al. 2005 ) Swietenia macrophylla (Rahman et al.
2013 )Table 1.1 Primary research studies of combined stresses in various plant species