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Common Name Ethephon
Chemical Name 2-chloroethylphosphonic acid
CAS Number 16672-87-0
Molecular formula C2H6ClO3P
ACTION Plant growth regulator with systemic properties. Penetrates into the plant
tissues, and is decomposed to ethylene, which affects the growth processes.
Structural formula
Specification Ethephon 90%Tech, 48%SL
Usage To promote pre-harvest ripening in apples, currants, blackberries, blueberries,
cranberries, morello cherries, citrus fruit, figs, tomatoes, sugar beet and fodder beet
seed crops, coffee, capsicums, etc.; to accelerate post-harvest ripening in bananas,
mangoes, and citrus fruit; to facilitate harvesting by loosening of the fruit in
currants, gooseberries, cherries, and apples; to increase flower bud development in
young apple trees; to prevent lodging in cereals, maize, and flax; to induce flowering
of Bromeliads; to stimulate lateral branching in azaleas, geraniums, and roses; to
shorten the stem length in forced daffodils; to induce flowering and regulate ripening
in pineapples; to accelerate boll opening in cotton; to modify sex expression in
cucumbers and squash; to increase fruit setting and yield in cucumbers; to improve the
sturdiness of onion seed crops; to hasten the yellowing of mature tobacco leaves; to
stimulate latex flow in rubber trees, and resin flow in pine trees; to stimulate early
uniform hull split in walnuts; etc. Max. application rate per season 2.18 kg/ha for
cotton, 0.72 kg/ha for cereals, 1.44 kg/ha for fruit.
Package 25kg Drum or packed as required.
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