I-DCPTA ingathuthukisa kakhulu okuqukethwe kwamaprotheni kubhontshisi wesoya; Ucwaningo luye lwabonisa ukuthi ingakhuphula okuqukethwe kwamaprotheni kubhontshisi wesoya otshalwe ensimini ngo-68%, kuyilapho ngesikhathi esifanayo ikhuphula okuqukethwe kwamafutha ngo-20% futhi ikhiqize ngo-35%. Lo mphumela ubonakala ikakhulukazi lapho isixazululo esingu-60 ppm sisetshenziswa ngesifutho se-foliar ngesikhathi sokuqala sokuqhakaza, futhi sinomthelela omuhle ekuphakameni kwesitshalo, ububanzi besiqu, kanye nenani lamagatsha.
Njengenoveli yokulawula ukukhula kwezitshalo, i-DCPTA ikhuthaza ukunqwabelana kwezinto ezifana namaprotheni namafutha ngokuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kwe-photosynthetic kanye nokulawula ukubonakaliswa kwezakhi zofuzo, ngaleyo ndlela kuzuzwe isivuno esikhulayo kanye nekhwalithi ethuthukisiwe ngaphandle kokwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo ye-photosynthetic. Ingalungiselelwa ukusetshenziswa okuhlangene nomanyolo, izibulala-zinambuzane, namanye ama-agrochemicals; isetshenziswa kabanzi kuwo wonke umjikelezo wokukhula wezitshalo ezifana nobhontshisi wesoya, futhi inikeza izinzuzo eziningi, okuhlanganisa ukumelana nesomiso okuthuthukisiwe, ukumelana nezifo, kanye nokuvimbela ukubola ngaphambi kwesikhathi.