Improved fruit production through plant bio-regulators – An overview

Bioregulators are compounds found in nature or produced intentionally that can control one or more particular physiological and biochemical processes in a variety of species. They most likely do this through influencing gene and enzyme interactions (Olaiya, 2013). Plant growth regulators (PGRs) or plant bio-regulators (PBRs) are chemical substances other than nutrients that, when given in small quantities. It might change a plant’s physiological processes, according to Chandana and Puja (2022). Commercial fruit has previously been produced using gibberellins, cytokinins, ethylene, auxins, and abscissic acid. These five classic growth hormones having specific functions in growth and development. It is necessary to look at creative ways to deal with the problems related to fruit production and the increasing demand from consumers. One of them is to use plant bio-regulators of the next generation. These include, among others, salicylic acid, polyamines, 1-MCP, brassinosteroids, jasmonates, and prohexadione-Ca. From seedling growth to fruit quality enhancement, leaf and fruit abscission prevention, pre-harvest drop reduction, and inducing resistance to biotic and abiotic stress, these can be applied at all stages of fruit agriculture (Chandana and Puja, 2022). These new generation plant bioregulators may be used with modern biotechnological treatments to endogenously modify them and use them to create a unique variety for commercial exploration (Jia et al., 2015).