“…Phytohormones, auxin, GA, CTK, ethylene, ABA, and BR, have been proved to act as crucial regulators in plant development and response to various environmental stimulus, including drought, heat, salinity stress, chilling damage, and heavy metal toxicity [ 17 , 57 ]. In control of plant vegetative phase transition and flowering, the regulatory roles of GA, JA, ABA, BR, auxin, ethylene, and CTK have been explored [ 6 , 9 , 12 , 14 , 16 , 17 , 21 , 22 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 ]. Especially, GA and JA have been defined to affect maize vegetative phase change and flowering [ 16 , 18 ].…”