I-S-abscisic Acid ingakhuphula kakhulu ukumelana kukakolweni esomiso, izifo, namakhaza, kuyilapho iphinde ikhuthaze ukukhula kwezimpande zesibili futhi ikhulise inani lamathila asebenzayo.
Isebenza njengesitshalo "i-inducer-resistance inducer," le nto yenza kusebenze ngokushesha ukubonakaliswa kwezakhi zofuzo zokumelana nengcindezi lapho ukolweni uhlangabezana nesomiso, amazinga okushisa aphansi, noma ingcindezi yesifo. Ngaphansi kwezimo zesomiso, i-abscisic acid yenza ukuba kuvalwe ngokushesha kwe-stomata ukuze kuncishiswe ukuphuma kwamanzi; ngesikhathi esifanayo, iphakamisa ukubonakaliswa kwezakhi zofuzo ezifana ne-P5CS ukukhuthaza ukuqoqwa kwe-proline nokugcina ibhalansi ye-osmotic yeselula. Ucwaningo selukhombisile ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwangaphandle kwe-S-abscisic Acid kwenza ukolweni ukwazi ukugcina amandla aphezulu wamanzi amaqabunga ngaphansi kwengcindezi yesomiso, okuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kwe-photosynthetic ngaphezu kuka-26.9%.
Ukusetshenziswa kwe-Foliar kwe-50–100 ppm S-abscisic Acid ngaphambi kokuchayeka ekucindezelekeni okuphansi kwezinga lokushisa kungabangela ukuhlanganiswa kwamaprotheni amelana nokubanda futhi kuthuthukise ukuqina kwe-lipid ye-membrane, ngaleyo ndlela kwehlise kakhulu amazinga e-chlorosis nokufa kwezithombo okubangelwa ukulimala okubandayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokwenza kusebenze izindlela zokubonisa i-salicylic acid (SA) ne-jasmonic acid (JA), i-abscisic acid iqinisa ukuzivikela komzimba kakolweni, ithuthukise amandla ayo okuzivikela ezifweni ezifana nokubola nokubola kwezimpande.
Ngokuphathelene nokulawulwa kokukhula, ukugxila okuphansi kwe-abscisic acid (1–2 mg·kg⁻¹) kungakhuthaza ukwakheka kwezimpande zesibili zikakolweni, ngaleyo ndlela kuthuthukise umthamo wawo wamanzi nokumuncwa kwezakhi. Ukufakwa kwe-Foliar kwe-1–2 ppm S-abscisic Acid ngesikhathi sesigaba sokuluhlaza kukhuthaza ngempumelelo ukuguqulwa kwamathila, kwandise inani lamathila asebenzayo, futhi kuthuthukisa isakhiwo sezitshalo, okuholela emazingeni aphezulu okwakheka kwezindlebe kanye nesivuno esikhulayo.
Ekusetshenzisweni okungokoqobo, kuyanconywa ukuthi ufafaze i-foliar 1–2 ppm S-abscisic Acid kukolweni wasebusika ngaphambi kwesigaba sokuluhlaza noma ngesikhathi sokuqala sokuhlakula, uyigcobe kabili ngezikhathi eziyi-7; esikhundleni salokho, ukwelashwa kwangaphambili ngo-50–100 ppm kungasetshenziswa ngaphambi kokufika kwegagasi elibandayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukumelana nengcindezi.
