Calcium cyclamate was introduced in Japan in 1994. It is a new plant growth regulator developed by Japan Combined Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. It belongs to acyl cyclohexanone growth retardants. The discovery of calcium cyclamate is different from plant growth retardants such as quaternary ammonium salts (chlortetracycline, meperidium), triazole (paclobutrazol, uniconazole), and opens a new field of late inhibition of gibberellin biosynthesis, At present, it has been commercialized and widely used in Europe, America and other countries.

Calcium cyclamate acts through leaf surface treatment, can shorten the stem elongation of many plants, thus inhibiting the growth of plants, and has the effect of promoting the growth of lateral buds and rooting, and keeping the stems and leaves dark green. At present, calcium cyclamate is widely concerned by domestic enterprises. The main reason is that compared with triazole retardants, calcium cyclamate has no residual toxicity to rotation plants and no pollution to the environment, and has strong advantages. In the future, it may replace triazole growth retardants and have broad application prospects in fields, fruit trees, flowers, traditional Chinese medicine and cash crops.

"The green attribute is the characteristic of calcium cyclamate, which has a half-life of less than 24 hours in the soil, low toxicity and low residue, which is an unparalleled advantage of other regulator products." Zhang Jun, a professor of China Agricultural University, said that although calcium cyclamate has been available for more than 30 years, people's understanding of it is still changing with the deepening of research on its mechanism. Calcium cyclamate can directly regulate the photosynthesis of plants, and has broad application prospects in almost all crops. At the same time, calcium cyclamate can have a wide range of regulatory effects on active gibberellin, ethylene, auxin, salicylic acid, abscisic acid and other plant hormones, and has a significant role in disease resistance, insect resistance and stress resistance. Only by having a deep understanding of the mechanism of calcium cyclamate can its effect be brought into play.

At present, calcium cyclamate has been registered and applied in Japan, the United States and Canada. The products used in Japan are 1%, 5% calcium cyclamate water suspension and 0.12% powder. The promotion crops mainly include wheat, barley, rice, cabbage, strawberry, chrysanthemum, etc. In 2000, BASF registered in the United States on apples, pear trees, peanuts, sowing grass, strawberries, sweet cherries, watercress, etc. At the end of 2006, calcium tranexate was approved for registration in Canada. Up to now, 88% and 85% of the technical drugs of domestic enterprises Anyang Quanfeng Biotechnology Co., Ltd. and Hubei Yiganling Agricultural Science and Technology Co., Ltd. have been registered, and the preparation of 5% effervescent granules and 5% effervescent tablets has been registered for rice growth regulation. This product is bound to become a hot product for domestic registration in the future.