Brassinosteroids – New class of plant Hormone with potential to improve crop productivity

Brassinosteroids are a new group of plant growth substances with significant growth promoting activity. In addition, brassinosteroids also confer resistance to crop plants against environmental stresses. The article reviews the studies employing brassinosteroids on crop plants such as vegetables, fruits, cereals, oil seeds and others. It also highlights the constraints faced earlier in large scale field application of brassinosteroids and also presents the current scenario enlisting the commercially available brassinosteroids. The potentiality of brassinosteroids in enhancing crop productivity is discussed.