Table 1.

Studies addressing recurrent water stresses in different crop species. For each study, the species, genotype and nature of each water stress is provided. FC, Field capacity; VWC, Volumetric Soil Water Content; SWC, Gravimetric Soil Water Content; DAS, Day After Sowing; DAP, Day After Planting.

Plant Species (Genotype (s))	PRIMING When? How?	SECOND STRESS When? How?	THIRD STRESS When? How?	Reference
Triticum aestivum(Winter wheat) (Luhan-7, Yuangmai-16)	Tillering or jointing Moderate drought (55–60% FC)	Postanthesis Severe drought (35–40% FC)		Abid et al., 2016 [28]
Triticum aestivum(Winter wheat) (Luhan-7, Yuangmai-16)	Tillering Moderate drought (58–60% FC)	Postanthesis Severe drought (38–40% FC)		Abid et al., 2017 [29]
Triticum aestivum(Winter wheat) (Yangmai-16)	Seedling Osmopriming (PolyEthylene Glycol, PEG)	Tillering or jointing Severe drought (35–40% FC)		Abid et al., 2018 [30]
Oriza sativa(Rice) (BRS Querência, AN Cambara)	Vegetative stage V5 10% VWC vs. 40% VWC	Preflowering stage R1-R2 10% VWC vs. 40% VWC		Auler et al., 2017 [31]
Oriza sativa(Rice) (BRS Querência, AN Cambara)	Vegetative stage V5 10% of pot capacity, during 7 days	Preflowering stage R1-R2 10% of pot capacity, during 7 days		Auler et al., 2021 [32]
Solanum tuberosum(Potato) (JSY, CIP 706205)	One-month old plant Decrease of 10 to 20% of SWC	One day after priming Decrease of 10 to 20% of SWC		Chen et al., 2020 [33]
Arabidopsis thaliana	Three-weeks old plant Air drying: 2 h at 22 °C	22 h after priming Air drying: 2 h at 22 °C	22 h after second stress Air drying: 2 h at 22 °C	Ding et al., 2012 [25]
Zea mays(Mays) (B73)	Two-weeks old seedling Air drying: 2 h at 22 °C	22 h after priming Air drying: 2 h at 22 °C		Ding et al., 2014 [26]
Coffea canephora(Cofee) (clone 120 and 109)	9 month old plants 25% FC during 14 d	≈ 10 days after priming 25% FC, during 14 d	≈ 10 days after second stress 25% FC, during 14 d	Guedes et al., 2018 [34]
Glycine max(Soybean) (Daepoong)	7 days old plants Water withholding during 4 days	One day after priming Water withholding during 4 days		Kim et al., 2020 [35]
Arabidopsisthaliana (Transgenic recombinant aequorin)	Seedling Hydrogen peroxide Manitol	6 to 7 days-old seedling Hydrogen peroxide Manitol		Knight et al., 1998 [36]
Beta vulgaris(Sugar beet) (Pauletta OVK, 8GK)	35–54 DAS Water withholding	86–102 DAS Water withholding	135–151 DAS Water withholding	Leufen et al., 2016 [37]
Oriza sativa(Rice) (Zhonghua 11)	4-weeks old seedling Air drying: 80 min at 28 °C	22 h after priming Air drying: 80 min at 28 °C	22 h after second Air drying: 80 min at 28 °C	Li et al., 2019 [38]
Arabidopsisthaliana (Wt, cfl mutant)	Three-weeks old plant Air drying: 90 min at 22 °C	22 h after priming Air drying: 90 min at 22 °C	22 h after second stress Air drying: 90 min at 22 °C	Liu et al., 2014 [39]
Saccharum spp.(Sugarcane) (IACSP94-2094)	55–days old plant PEG for 5 days	3 days after priming PEG for 5 days	3 days after second PEG, during 5 days	Marcos et al., 2018a [40]
Saccharum spp.(Sugarcane) (IACSP94-2094)	6-month old plant 20% vs. 60% VWC, during 9 days	6 days after priming 20% vs. 60% VWC, during 9 days	6 days after second 20% vs. 60% VWC, during 9 days	Marcos et al., 2018b [41]
Solanum tuberosum(Potato) (Unica, Sarnav, Désirée)	After tuber initiation or Seed tuber from previous experiment 50% FC	55 DAP 50% FC		Ramirez et al., 2015 [42]
Arabidopsisthaliana (Col-0)	4 leaves stage 5 mM NaCl	10 days after priming Water withholding for 2 weeks		Sani et al., 2013 [11]
Arabidopsisthaliana (Col-0, abf, snrk and aba mutants)	3-weeks old plant Air drying: 90 to 120 min at 22 °C	22 h after priming Air drying: 90 to 120 min at 22 °C		Virlouvet et Fromm, 2015 [43]
Zea mays(Mays) (cultivar B73)	2-weeks old seedling Air drying: 90 min at 22 °C	22 h after priming Air drying: 90 min at 22 °C		Virlouvet et al., 2018 [18]
Triticum aestivum(Spring wheat) (Vinjett)	Stem elongation (37 DAS) or Seedling (27 DAS) and Stem elongation (37 DAS) Water withholding for 8 days	15 days after anthesis Water withholding for 8 days		Wang et al., 2014 [44]
Oriza sativa(Rice) (Zhonghua 11)	4-weeks old plant Air drying: 80 min at 28 °C	22 h after priming Air drying: 80 min at 28 °C	22 h after second Air drying: 80 min at 28 °C	Yang et al., 2020 [45]