S-abscisic acid na iya haɓaka jurewar alkama ga fari, cututtuka, da sanyi sosai, yayin da kuma haɓaka tushen ci gaban sakandare na biyu da haɓaka yawan masu noma.
Yin aiki a matsayin tsire-tsire "mai haifar da damuwa-juriya," wannan abu da sauri yana kunna maganganun kwayoyin halitta masu juriya na damuwa lokacin da alkama ta fuskanci fari, ƙananan zafi, ko damuwa na cututtuka. A ƙarƙashin yanayin fari, abscisic acid yana haifar da saurin rufewar stomata don rage motsin ruwa; lokaci guda, yana haɓaka maganganun kwayoyin halitta irin su P5CS don inganta haɓakar proline da kuma kula da ma'aunin osmotic na salula. Nazarin ya nuna cewa exogenous aikace-aikace na S-abscisic Acid taimaka alkama don kula da mafi girma ruwan leaf yuwuwar a karkashin fari danniya, yana inganta photosynthetic yadda ya dace da fiye da 26.9%.
Aikace-aikacen foliar na 50-100 ppm S-abscisic Acid kafin fallasa zuwa ƙarancin zafin jiki na iya haifar da haɗin sunadarai masu juriya da sanyi da haɓaka kwanciyar hankali na lipid membrane, ta haka yana rage ƙimar chlorosis da mutuwar seedling ta hanyar lalacewa daskarewa. Bugu da ƙari, ta hanyar kunna hanyoyin siginar salicylic acid (SA) da jasmonic acid (JA), abscisic acid yana ƙarfafa garkuwar tsarin alkama, yana haɓaka ƙarfin kariya daga cututtuka irin su blight da tushen rot.
Dangane da ka'idojin girma, ƙananan ƙarancin abscisic acid (1-2 mg·kg⁻¹) na iya haɓaka samuwar tushen na biyu a cikin alkama, ta haka yana haɓaka ƙarfinsa na ruwa da ɗaukar kayan abinci. Foliar aikace-aikace na 1-2 ppm S-abscisic Acid a lokacin kore-up mataki yadda ya kamata inganta tiller juzu'i, ƙara yawan tasiri tillers, da kuma inganta da shuka yawan tsarin, a ƙarshe ya haifar da mafi girma kunnuwan rates da kuma kara yawan amfanin ƙasa.
A cikin aikace-aikacen aikace-aikacen, ana ba da shawarar foliar fesa 1-2 ppm S-abscisic acid akan alkama na hunturu ko dai kafin matakin kore ko lokacin farkon tillering, ana amfani da shi sau biyu a cikin tazarar kwanaki 7; A madadin haka, ana iya amfani da magani mai mahimmanci tare da 50-100 ppm kafin zuwan igiyar sanyi don haɓaka juriyar damuwa.