I-S-abscisic Acid ivuselela ngokufanelekileyo iijene zokumelana noxinzelelo kwirayisi, iphucula kakhulu ukunyamezela kwayo kwimbalela, ukubanda, kunye netyuwa-alkalinity, ngelixa ikwakhuthaza uphuhliso lwenkqubo yeengcambu kunye nokwandisa inani lamathafa asebenzayo.
Isebenza njenge "inducer-resistance inducer" kwizityalo, le nto ibangela ukuba isityalo serayisi simelane noxinzelelo lwangaphakathi lwangaphakathi ngokulawula ibhalansi yeehomoni ezingapheliyo. Ngaphantsi koxinzelelo lwembalela, i-S-abscisic Acid ibangela ukuvalwa kwe-stomatal ukunciphisa ukukhuphuka kwamanzi; ngaxeshanye, inyusa umsebenzi we-enzymes ezikhuselayo-ezifana ne-superoxide dismutase kunye ne-catalase-ukunciphisa umonakalo we-membrane we-lipid peroxidation kunye nokugcina umsebenzi we-photosynthetic.
Kwiindawo ezinobushushu obuphantsi, ibangela ukuhlanganiswa kweeprotheyini ezichasayo ezibandayo kwaye iphucula uzinzo lwe-membrane yeseli, ngaloo ndlela inciphisa amaxabiso e-chlorosis kunye nokulala okubangelwa kukwenzakala okubandayo.
Kwimihlaba ye-saline-alkaline, i-S-abscisic Acid ivuselela i-osmoregulation genes ukuqinisa amandla okulungelelaniswa kwe-osmotic yeselula, iphucula kakhulu amandla okukhula kwerayisi phantsi kweemeko eziphezulu zetyuwa.
Ngaphaya koko, i-S-abscisic Acid ikhuthaza ukonyuka kobomi beengcambu. Unyango olunogxininiso lwe-0.5 mg/L lubonakaliswe ukuba lukhulise kakhulu amandla engcambu kwicuba; xa isetyenziswe ngokufana nerayisi, ibonisa umphumo ofanayo wokukhuthaza ingcambu. Ngokubhekiselele kulawulo lwamathafa, iasidi yeabscisic isebenza ngokubambisana nestrigolactones ukucinezela ukwenziwa kwezihlalu ezingasebenziyo ngelixa ikhuthaza uphuhliso lwezihlalu ezisebenzayo, ngokwenjenjalo ikhulisa uyilo lwezityalo kunye nokunyusa isivuno.
Kwizicelo ezisebenzayo, ukucwiliswa kwembewu kwisisombululo se-0.3-0.4 mg/L kwiiyure ezingama-24 ukuya kwii-48 kunokuphucula kakhulu izinga lokuntshula kunye nomgangatho wezithole; ukutshiza nge-foliar ngexesha "kweqabunga elinye-kunye-nentliziyo-nye" ukuya kwizigaba "zamagqabi amabini kunye nentliziyo enye" kunceda ekumiseni izithole kunye nokukhuthaza ukulima.