I-S-abscisic Acid ivula ngempumelelo izakhi zofuzo ezimelana nengcindezi elayisini, ikhulise kakhulu ukubekezelela isomiso, amakhaza, kanye nosawoti we-alkalinity, kuyilapho futhi ikhuthaza ukuthuthukiswa kwesistimu yezimpande nokwandisa inani lamathila asebenzayo.
Isebenza "njenge-inducer-resistance" ezitshalweni, le nto idala amasosha omzimba angaphakathi esitshalo selayisi-ukumelana nengcindezi ngokulawula ibhalansi yamahomoni angapheli. Ngaphansi kwengcindezi yesomiso, i-S-abscisic Acid idala ukuvaleka kwesisu ukuze kuncishiswe ukuhwamuka kwamanzi; ngasikhathi sinye, ithuthukisa umsebenzi wama-enzyme avikelayo-njenge-superoxide dismutase ne-catalase-ukunciphisa umonakalo we-membrane we-lipid peroxidation futhi kugcinwe umsebenzi we-photosynthetic.
Ezindaweni ezinezinga lokushisa eliphansi, ikhuthaza ukuhlanganiswa kwamaprotheni amelana nokubanda futhi ithuthukise ukuqina kolwelwesi lwamangqamuzana, ngaleyo ndlela yehlise amazinga e-chlorosis nendawo yokuhlala ebangelwa ukulimala okubandayo.
Emhlabathini one-saline-alkaline, i-S-abscisic Acid yenza kusebenze izakhi zofuzo ze-osmoregulation ukuze iqinise amakhono okulungisa i-osmotic yeselula, ithuthukise kakhulu amandla okukhula kwerayisi ngaphansi kwezimo ezinosawoti omningi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-S-abscisic Acid ikhuthaza ukukhula kokuqina kwezimpande. Ukwelashwa nge-concentration ye-0.5 mg/L kuye kwaboniswa kuthuthukisa kakhulu ubungqabavu bezimpande kugwayi; uma isetshenziswa ngokufana nelayisi, ibonisa umphumela ofanayo wokukhuthaza impande. Mayelana nokulawulwa kwamathila, i-abscisic acid isebenza ngokuhambisana ne-strigolactones ukucindezela ukwakheka kwamathila angasebenzi ngenkathi ithuthukisa ukuthuthukiswa kwamathila asebenzayo, ngaleyo ndlela ithuthukisa ukwakheka kwezitshalo nokukhulisa isivuno.
Ekusetshenzisweni okungokoqobo, ukucwiliswa kwembewu kwisisombululo sika-0.3–0.4 mg/L amahora angama-24 kuye kwangama-48 kungathuthukisa kakhulu izinga lokuhluma kanye nekhwalithi yezithombo; Ukufafaza ngamahlamvu ngesikhathi "seqabunga elilodwa-nenhliziyo eyodwa" kuya esigabeni "samaqabunga amabili nenhliziyo eyodwa" kusiza ekusungulweni kwezithombo futhi kukhuthaze ukutshala.