Oilseed crops are globally cultivated for their oil. These hold an important determinant of the agricultural economy of the world. However, abiotic constraints like drought, heavy metal, salinity and temperature adversely affect the growth, yield and quality of oilseed crops like other crops across the globe. To improve their growth and productivity under both normal and constraint conditions, use of plant growth regulators (PGRs) holds a foremost position. PGRs are chemicals that mediate various growth, physio-biochemical and developmental processes under normal conditions and also stress tolerance mechanisms under stressful environment. Keeping the pronounced roles of PGRs in varied environment in view, the present article is aimed on the effect of PGRs particularly abscisic acid, auxins, brassinosteroids, cytokinins, ethylene, gibberellins, jasmonates, polyamines and salicylic acid on the performance of the preferred edible oilseeds, namely groundnut, rapeseed-mustard, soybean, sunflower, sesame and safflower under normal and abiotic stress conditions. This article also enlightens the mode of action of PGRs and their separate and interactive role in regulating the various responses in counteracting the abiotic stress-induced perturbations in edible oilseed crop plants. Moreover, this article is based on the survey of available literature for the last two decades.

油籽作物在全球范围内种植以获取油料。这些是世界农业经济的重要决定因素。然而，干旱、重金属、盐度和温度等非生物限制因素对油籽作物的生长、产量和质量与全球其他作物一样产生不利影响。为了在正常和限制条件下提高它们的生长和生产力，植物生长调节剂 (PGR) 的使用占据首要地位。PGRs 是在正常条件下介导各种生长、生理生化和发育过程的化学物质，也是压力环境下的压力耐受机制。考虑到 PGRs 在不同环境中的显着作用，本文旨在研究 PGRs 特别是脱落酸、生长素、油菜素类固醇、细胞分裂素、乙烯、赤霉素、茉莉酸酯、多胺和水杨酸对优选食用油籽，即花生、油菜芥、大豆、向日葵、芝麻和红花在正常和非生物胁迫条件下的性能的影响。本文还阐明了 PGR 的作用模式及其在调节各种反应方面的独立和相互作用作用，以抵消食用油籽作物植物中非生物胁迫引起的扰动。此外，本文基于对过去二十年可用文献的调查。本文还阐明了 PGR 的作用模式及其在调节各种反应方面的独立和相互作用作用，以抵消食用油籽作物植物中非生物胁迫引起的扰动。此外，本文基于对过去二十年可用文献的调查。本文还阐明了 PGR 的作用模式及其在调节各种反应方面的独立和相互作用作用，以抵消食用油籽作物植物中非生物胁迫引起的扰动。此外，本文基于对过去二十年可用文献的调查。