Growth regulators promote soybean productivity: a review

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Hanna Amoanimaa-Dede¹  Chuntao Su¹  Akwasi Yeboah¹  Hang Zhou¹  Dianfeng Zheng¹  Hongbo Zhu¹ 

[1]College of Coastal Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province

[2]Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province

关键词: Abiotic stress;    Plant growth regulators;    Soybean;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.12556

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] is a predominant edible plant and a major supply of plant protein worldwide. Global demand for soybean keeps increasing as its seeds provide essential proteins, oil, and nutraceuticals. In a quest to meet heightened demands for soybean, it has become essential to introduce agro-technical methods that promote adaptability to complex environments, improve soybean resistance to abiotic stress , and increase productivity. Plant growth regulators are mainly exploited to achieve this due to their crucial roles in plant growth and development. Increasing research suggests the influence of plant growth regulators on soybean growth and development, yield, quality, and abiotic stress responses. In an attempt to expatiate on the topic, current knowledge, and possible applications of plant growth regulators that improve growth and yield have been reviewed and discussed. Notably, the application of plant growth regulators in their appropriate concentrations at suitable growth periods relieves abiotic stress thereby increasing the yield and yield components of soybean. Moreover, the regulation effects of different growth regulators on the morphology, physiology, and yield quality of soybean are discoursed in detail.

【 授权许可】

CC BY