“…Retardants are a large group of chemical compounds of different structures, united by common genetic, physiological and morphological effects and mode of action. These substances are able to affect the morphogenesis of plants (Altintas, 2011;Yang et al, 2016;Kuryata & Shataliuk, 2020), regulation of growth processes, by shortening and thickening the stem, reducing the tendency to lodging, to enhance root growth (Kasem & Abd El-Baset, 2015;Carvalho et al, 2016;Espindula et al, 2010;Hu et al, 2017;Zhang et al, 2017a;Berry & Spink, 2012), to increase the photosynthetic ability of plants Sakr, 2009), to influence the accumulation of nutrients in plants (Virych et al, 2012;Schwartau et al, 2018), to increase plant productivity and their resistance to adverse environmental factors (Matysiak, 2006;Berti et al, 2007;Shekoofa & Emam, 2008;Hu et al, 2017;Zhang et al, 2017b;Makoveychuk et al, 2018;Mykhalska et al, 2019).…”