, an Desert Relative, Is Tolerant to Multiple Abiotic Stresses and Exhibits Species-Specific and Common Stress Tolerance Strategies with Its Halophytic Relative, () .

The search for novel stress tolerance determinants has led to increasing interest in plants native to extreme environments - so called "extremophytes." One successful strategy has been comparative studies between and extremophyte relatives such as the halophyte located in areas including cold, salty coastal regions of China. Here, we investigate stress tolerance in the desert species, (True Rose of Jericho), a member of the poorly investigated lineage III .